At the King County Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS), we manage a range of programs and services to help our county’s most vulnerable residents and strengthen our communities. We have five divisions in the department that help us offer services for our residents, and we mainly contract with community-based agencies to provide those services.
The current landscape in King County and across the world is unprecedented, but we are all in this together. Community matters now more than ever and we need each other during these stressful times, especially seniors in our community who often experience social isolation without the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many seniors in King…
From King County Executive press release on March 21, 2020 Summary King County has joined with Harborview Medical Center to repurpose Harborview Hall to serve as an 45-bed COVID-19 recovery site primarily focused on helping the most vulnerable in our community. Story In a continuing effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus in…
Continue reading ➞ King County joins with Harborview Medical Center to open COVID-19 recovery site
OVERVIEW: a Peer Run Respite program would provide services focused on recovery-based alternatives to inpatient Behavioral Health Crisis hospitalizations, building on a participant’s existing supports and skills to improve overall outcomes. The vision for this project is to establish a Peer Run Respite center serving King County, thus adding to the rich network of providers,…
Continue reading ➞ King County Peer Respite Pilot Program RFP
You must be screened by a healthcare professional to be admitted to an Isolation and Quarantine site. These are not walk-up facilities. Please contact your healthcare provider. King County COVID-19 Call Center If you are in King County and believe you were exposed to COVID-19—or if you're a healthcare provider with COVID-19 questions, contact: 206-477-3977…
The King County Veterans Program (KCVP) is dedicated to continuing to serve the veterans in our community during this very challenging time. In an effort to do our part to slow the spread of COVID-19 and to protect those most at risk of serious illness in our community, we will be shifting our operations from…
Continue reading ➞ Moving KCVP services online to help slow the spread of COVID-19
During these changing times and with school closures, some of our community members in King County have reached out to find out where to locate resources such as food, utility assistance, health care/ health plans, and learning/ educational sources. LaTonya Rogers who is with the Department of Community and Human Services Behavioral Health and Recovery…
Continue reading ➞ Community and School Resources in King County
