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The Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) is Washington's social services department. The agency has its headquarters in Office Building Two (OB-2) in Olympia , the state capital. [ 1 ] Annually, 2.2 million children, families, vulnerable adults and seniors come to the department for protection, comfort, food assistance, financial aid ...
Social and Health Services (DSHS) Transportation (WSDOT) Veterans Affairs (DVA) Others include: Accountancy, State Board of (WBOA) Administrative Hearings, Office of (OAH) Actuary, Office of the State (OSA) African-American Affairs, Washington State Commission on (CAA) Aging & Long Term Care of Eastern Washington (ALTCEW) Air National Guard (WAANG)
You can apply for Washington’s Basic Food program online, by phone (877-501-2233) or at your local Community Services Office. See: What Is the Highest Income Level for Food Stamps in 2023?
In early March 2020, coronavirus cases within Washington state grew along with the rest of the country. Washington State Department of Health officials requested, from the federal government's Strategic National Stockpile (the U.S. government's repository of drugs, vaccines and equipment to be used in major public health emergencies), 233,000 respirators and 200,000 surgical masks.
Washington Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is state-level social services agency in Washington. It was created by House Bill 1661, which was signed by Governor Jay Inslee on July 6, 2017. [1] Beginning January 15, 2025, Tana Senn will serve as the director. Prior to Senn, Ross Hunter led the agency. [2]
The modern Washington Department of Corrections is a relatively young state agency. Agency oversight of correctional institutions in Washington State went through several transitions during the 20th century before the WADOC's creation in 1981. Prior to the 1970s, state correctional facilities were managed by the Washington Department of ...
Eastern State Hospital is a psychiatric hospital established in 1891 in Medical Lake, a small community 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Spokane, Washington.The original building was a Kirkbride Plan, and the current building has a similar floor plan with male and female wings extending out from the main building.
Medical Lake is a small city in Spokane County, eastern Washington, United States. At the 2020 census , the population was 4,874. The city is the site of a psychiatric hospital, Eastern State Hospital , and of Fairchild Air Force Base , two major employers.