Washington has developed a system for delivering intensive home and community-based mental health services to Medicaid-eligible children and youth.

Learn about these efforts, including Wraparound with Intensive Services (WISe), what you need to know as a provider, and the governance structure that guides the work. Click Here

Health Care Authority: What Treatment Services are Available?

Early Psychosis

Psychotic disorders rarely emerge suddenly. Most often, the symptoms evolve and become gradually worse over a period of months or even years. Early intervention with evidence-based treatment decreases the duration of untreated psychosis (DUP), improving outcomes over a lifetime, resulting in reduced health care costs, and improved quality of life for individuals and their families.

Family Initiated Treatment (FIT)

As a provider, be aware that parents may consent to family-initiated treatment (FIT) on behalf of youth who meet medical necessity. Consent from the youth is not required. The FIT process creates an additional access point but does not guarantee care on demand for youth admitted through FIT. You will have individual processes and requirements for evaluation and admission to services.

Wraparound with Intensive Services (WISe)

Wraparound with Intensive Services, or WISe, is an approach to helping children, youth, and their families with intensive mental health care. Services are available in home and community settings and offer a system of care based on the individualized

need of the child or youth. WISe is a voluntary service that takes a team approach to support you and your family in meeting your goals.

Children’s long-term inpatient program (CLIP)

The Children’s Long-term Inpatient Program (CLIP) is the only publicly funded, long-term inpatient program for youth in Washington State where youth ages 5-17 years old may be voluntarily committed and those from 13-17 years old may be involuntarily committed. Four CLIP inpatient psychiatric facilities have a total of 94 funded beds.

The Center of Parent Excellence (COPE) project

The COPE project was developed as a support to enhance our System of Care framework. The project is intended to provide a pathway for Washington State parents who are accessing and navigating the children’s behavioral health system to have peer support to ease their journey, whenever possible.

Support is provided by A Common Voice, a statewide, family-run nonprofit organization that provides advocacy and support for families whose children have intensive behavioral health needs.

Find help through the COPE project

The COPE project is staffed by lead parent support specialists, hired for their lived experience as a parent/caregiver. If you are a Washington State parent/caregiver of a child/youth who may benefit from assistance accessing and navigating behavioral health services, please contact your regional lead parent support specialist.

Dads M.O.V.E

Dads M.O.V.E is expanding! With a recent SAMSHA grant, the program is now hiring and serving Eastern Washington and Grays Harbor areas.

Dads M.O.V.E. seeks to provide every parent/caregiver (especially dads) with the tools, support, and training needed to be fully engaged in the recovery of their children.

Website: www.dadsmove.org

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Being The Village

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A Mindful State

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Washington State Mental Health Referral Service for Children and Teens

How to Use the Mental Health Referral Service
Call 833-303-5437 Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Or, complete an online request.

What can families expect?

• First, you have a telephone call (15–20 minutes) with a Referral Specialist to chat about what type of mental health services your child/teen needs.
• Next, the Referral Specialist will research mental health providers in your area to find at least 2 providers that meet your family’s needs.
• After matches are found, a referral specialist will call and email the information to you to coach how to access a provider in real-time.
• A few weeks after providing the referrals, the referral specialist will check if the matches were a good fit and an appointment was scheduled. At this time, we will address any barriers you experienced and match you to another provider as needed.
• Our service works closely with Primary Care Providers throughout WA State and faxes the referral matches to your PCP for care coordination. For families with Apple Health insurance, referral matches are sent to Apple Health case managers to provide additional care support.

Washington Partnership Access Line

How to use the PAL line: Call 866-599-7257 Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

PAL partners with the Washington Mental Health Referral Service for Children and Teens listed above to support “primary care providers (doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants) with questions about mental health care such as diagnostic clarification, medication adjustment, or treatment planning. Child and adolescent psychiatrists are available to consult during business hours.

PAL for Schools

• Like the PAL line above, school staff and students are connected to psychologists and psychiatrists at Seattle Children’s and the University of Washington.
• How to connect to PAL for Schools: email PAL4Schools@seattlechildrens.org”

PAL for Moms

• Like the PAL lines above, PAL for Moms is a perinatal psychiatry consult line that provides perinatal mental health consultation, recommendations and referrals for Washington state providers caring for pregnant or postpartum patients.

How to connect to PAL for Moms: Call 877-725-4666 (PAL4MOM), available weekdays 9am – 5pm.

Grieving Children

Ways to provide emotional support to children grieving losing a loved one – Mesothelioma Hope shares online resources here for everyone- physical ailment or otherwise!

After Pregnancy Coverage

No cost follow up care including behavioral health services for up to 12 months after your pregnancy ends with Medicaid coverage.

Psychology Today

Is a site to search verified mental health professionals based on insurance, areas, treatment specialty, and other preferences

Black, Caribbean & African Diasporas Therapists Referrals in Washington State

Heartfelt Mental Health:

By and for the LGBTQIA+, polyamorous, & sex positive community.

Heartfelt Mental Health provides tele-med medication management and therapy services.

Black Therapists Referrals in Washington State — Liberation Healing Seattle

Native and Strong- 9-8-8 line

One of our state’s three 988 crisis centers, this line is available for people who call the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and is specifically for Washington’s American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Calls are answered by Native crisis counselors who are tribal members and descendants closely tied to their communities. The Native and Strong Lifeline counselors are fully trained in crisis intervention and support, with special emphasis on cultural and traditional practices related to healing.
Nation’s first Native and Strong Lifeline Launches as Part of 988 | Washington State Department of Health

D/deaf and Hard of Hearing

My Deaf Therapy

utilizes ASL, KODA/CODA, and other languages/ dialects to provide mental health services for individuals and families across hearing, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse and other spectrums.

National Deaf Therapy

Mental Health American Sign Language Therapy uses ASL “from initial contact to intensive ASL therapy sessions” to center mental health.

Wilson Clinical Services

Specializing in Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Deaf Blind, and Blind mental health services.

Behavioral Health Services eligibility is often determined by your insurance coverage.

Many insurance companies have the benefit of behavioral health case management. Behavioral health case management can assist with locating services for your child or youth.

If you have a commercial plan such as Regence, Blue Cross Blue Shield, First Choice or Kaiser here is a link to behavioral health locator and case management services for many commercial plans.

Washington has transitioned to integrated managed care which allows services to be coordinated through a single health plan including mental health and substance use disorder treatment. If you or your youth are Medicaid eligible you should contact your Managed Care Organization (MCO) for care coordination and case management needs. Here is contact information for the MCO’s:

Amerigroup Member Services:

800-600-4441     www.myamerigroup.com/wa

Coordinated Care Member Services:

877-644-4613     coordinatedcaremember@centene.com

Molina Member Services:

800-869-7165     MHW.MS@MolinaHealthcare.com

United Healthcare Member Services:

1-877-542-8997 https://www.uhccommunityplan.com

If you do not know your Medicaid plan or need help finding a provider that accepts Medicaid insurance call the Washington Health Care Authority (HCA) at 1-800-562-3022 or Healthplanfinder Customer Support Center at 1-855-923-4633.

Web link for information on care plans and coverage:  https://www.hca.wa.gov/health-care-services-supports/apple-health-medicaid-coverage

Where to turn for Insured employer health plans,

Office of Behavioral Health provides information and referrals to all community members and assist with complaints, grievances, appeals, Mental Health Advanced Directives, and the Fair Hearings process. Learn more here

Self-funded employer health plans, Self-funded government plans, and religious organization health plans.

Learn more here

Office of Behavioral Health Advocacy

Questions/ need help with grievance processes, appeals, administrative hearing processes? OBHA (formerly known as the Behavioral Health Ombuds) has ‘peers with lived experience whose services are free and confidential. Serves as a neutral and confidential intermediary and provides an informal process to support residents in resolving complaints related to behavioral health programs, services, and its certified providers. This interactive map will connect you to your area’s regional contact.”