Resources & Support
Help and Information Online: A list of local and national non-profit resources.
Please let us know if you have other resources you think should be listed.
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AIDS/HIV
- Health Information Network: www.healthinfonetwork.org
- Lifelong AIDS Alliance: www.lifelongaidsalliance.org
- People of Color Against AIDS Network: www.pocaan.org
- Rosehedge: assisted living for people with HIV/AIDS: www.rosehedge.org
- Seattle & King County Public Health Department HIV/AIDS Program: www.metrokc.gov/health/apu
Alcohol Abuse and Dependence
- Alcohol Anonymous (AA)/Seattle: www.seattleaa.org
- MetroKC Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention program: www.metrokc.gov/health/atodp
- MetroKC Mental Health & Substance Abuse Links: www.metrokc.gov/dchs/mhd/mhlinks.htm
Allergies
- Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America - Washington State Chapter: www.aafa.org
Alzheimer’s Disease
- Alzheimer’s Association of Washington: www.alzwa.org
- Alzheimer’s Disease Education & Referral Center (NIH site): www.nia.nih.gov/alzheimers
- UW Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center: www.depts.washington.edu/adrcweb
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (also known as ALS and Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
- ALS Association Evergreen Chapter: www.alsa-ec.org
Asian Health
- Asian Counseling & Referral Services: www.acrs.org
- Asian Pacific Islander Women and Family Safety Center: www.apiwfsc.org
- International Community Health Services (community clinics): www.ichs.com
- National Asian Pacific Center on Aging: www.napca.org
- Washington State Asian Pacific Islander Hepatitis B Taskforce: www.apihepbwa.org
Asthma
- Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America - Washington State Chapter: www.aafa.org
- American Lung Association of Washington: www.alaw.org
Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD/ADHD)
- Learning Disabilities Association of Washington: www.ldawa.org
Autism (including autism spectrum disorders and Asperger’s syndrome)
- Asperger’s Northwest: www.aspergersnw.org
- Autism Society of Washington: www.autismsocietyofwa.org
- Autism Spectrum Treatment and Research Center (ASTAR): www.astarcenter.org
- Families for Effective Autism Treatment of Washington: www.featwa.org/
- UW Autism Center: www.depts.washington.edu/uwautism
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Bats and Rabies
- MetroKC Bats and Rabies Information: www.metrokc.gov/health/prevcont/bats.htm
Bipolar Disorder
- National Alliance on Mental Illness: www.nami.org/MSTemplate.cfm?Site=NAMI_Washington
Birth Defects
- March of Dimes, Washington Chapter: www.marchofdimes.com/washington
Blindness
- National Federation of the Blind and Partially Sighted: www.nfbw.org
- Community Services for the Blind: www.csbps.com
- Washington Council of the Blind: www.wcbinfo.org
Blood
- Puget Sound Blood Center: www.psbc.org
Brain Injury
- Brain Injury Association of Washington: www.biawa.org
Breastfeeding
- Breastfeeding Coalition of Washington: www.breastfeedingwa.org
Breast Cancer
- Puget Sound Susan G. Komen for the Cure (breast cancer advocacy group): www.pskomen.org
- Washington Breast and Cervical Health Program: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/chronic/bchp.aspx
Burns
- Burned Children Recovery Foundation: www.burnedchildrenrecovery.org
- Northwest Burn Foundation: www.nwburn.org
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Cancer
- American Cancer Society: www.cancer.org
- Gilda’s Club: programs for men, women and children with cancer: www.gildasclubseattle.org
- Public Health - Seattle & King County colon cancer screening information page
- Seattle Cancer Care Alliance: www.seattlecca.org
- Team Survivor: fitness and education programs for women cancer survivors: www.teamsurvivornw.org
- Washington Breast and Health Program: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/chronic/bchp.aspx
Cardiology
- American College of Cardiology - Washington Chapter: www.accwa.org
- American Heart Association - Washington Chapter: www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200279&division=PMA023
- CardioSmart (patient information from American College of Cardiology); www.cardiosmart.org
Children
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Washington Chapter: www.wcaap.org
- Breastfeeding Coalition of Washington: www.breastfeedingwa.org
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health (Children’s Hospital): www.cshcn.org/resources/mentalhealthtoolkit.cfm
- Children’s Alliance: www.childrensalliance.org
- Children’s Home Society of Washington: www.childrenshomesociety.org
- Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Washington: www.withinreachwa.org
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Seattle: www.injuryfree.org
Community Clinics
- International Community Health Services (community clinics): www.ichs.com
- Puget Sound Neighborhood Clinics: www.psnhc.org
Cystic Fibrosis
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Washington Chapter: www.cff.org/Chapters/washington
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Deafness and Hearing Loss
- Hearing Loss Association of Washington: www.hearingloss-wa.org
- Hearing, Speech & Deafness Center: www.hsdc.org
- UW Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center: www.depts.washington.edu/hearing
- Washington Speech and Hearing Association: www.wslha.org
- Washington State Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: www1.dshs.wa.gov/hrsa/odhh
- depts.washington.edu/hearing
Dentistry
- Access to Baby and Child Dentistry: www.metrokc.gov/health/kgc/abcd/default.aspx
- Washington State Dental Association: www.wsda.org
Depression
- National Alliance on Mental Illness - Washington: www.nami.org/MSTemplate.cfm?Site=NAMI_Washington
Diabetes
- American Diabetes Association: www.diabetes.org
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Northwest Chapter: www.jdrfnorthwest.org
- National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse: www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov
Disabilities
- ARC of Washington State (Advocates for the Rights of Citizens with Developmental Disabilities): www.arcwa.org
- Center for Children with Special Needs (Children’s Hospital): www.cshcn.org
- Foot Loose Sailing Association (sailing program for those with disabilities): www.footloosesailing.org
- Learning Disabilities Association of Washington: www.ldawa.org
- Northwest ’s Child (serving disabled teens and adults): www.northwestchild.org
- PROVAIL: Life Opportunities for People with Disabilities: www.provail.org
- Special Olympics - Washington: www.sowa.org
- Washington Assistive Technology Act Program: www.watap.org
- Washington Association on Postsecondary Education and Disability: www.wanp.org
Disaster Preparation
- Flooding safety and preparations: King County Flooding Services and Resources:
Doctors
- Board Certification: Is your doctor board certified in his or her specialty? Find out at the American Board of Medical Specialties website: www.abms.org
- DocInfo - a website maintained by the Federation of State Medical Boards that provides information about physicians and physician assistance, including information about education, specialty and disciplinary sanctions: www.docinfo.org
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Epilepsy
- Epilepsy Foundation Northwest: www.epilepsyfoundation.org/local/northwest
Emergency Medicine
- American College of Emergency Medicine - Washington Chapter: www.acep.org
- Red Cross - Seattle: www.seattleredcross.org
Ethics
- Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics: www.bioethics.seattlechildrens.org
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Family Medicine
- American Family Physicians: www.wafp.net
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: www.nofas.org
Fitness
- Evergreen State Volkssport Association: www.ava.org/clubs/esva
- Foot Loose Sailing Association (sailing program for those with disabilities): www.footloosesailing.org
- Northwest Striders Volkssports: www.ava.org/clubs/northweststriders
- Washington Health Foundation: www.whf.org
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Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Health
- MetroKC: Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Health webpage: www.metrokc.gov/health/glbt
Genetic Screening
- Washington Newborn Screening program: www.doh.wa.gov/EHSPHL/PHL/Newborn
Global/International Health
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: www.gatesfoundation.org
- Global Washington provides a directory of non-profit organizations, companies and academic organizations in Washington involved in global health and development: www.globalwa.org
- PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health): www.path.org
- Seattle Biomedical Research Institue: www.sbri.org
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Hazardous Waste
- King County Hazardous Waste Management Program: www.govlink.org/hazwaste/
Health Policy
- Code Blue Now!: www.codebluenow.org
- Healthy Washington Coalition: www.healthywacoalition.org
- Washington Health Foundation: www.whf.org
- Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility: www.wpsr.org
- Washington Policy Center: www.washingtonpolicy.org
- Washington Research Council: www.researchcouncil.org
- Washington Rural Health Association: www.wrha.com
- Washington State Hospital Association: www.wsha.org
- Washington State Biomedical Association: www.bmet.org
- Washington State Dental Association: www.wsda.org
- Washington State Medical Association: www.wsma.org
- Washington State Nurses Association: www.wsna.org
- Washington State Pharmacy Association: www.wsparx.org
- Washington State Psychiatry Association: www.wapsychiatry.org
- Washington State Psychology Association: www.wapsych.org
- Washington State Public Health Association: www.wspha.org
Health Services
- Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Washington: www.withinreachwa.org
Heart
- American Heart Association - Washington Chapter: www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200279&division=PMA023
HIV/AIDS
- See AIDS/HIV above under “A”.
Hepatitis
- Hepatitis Education Project: www.hepeducation.org
- Washington State Asian Pacific Islander Hepatitis B Taskforce: www.apihepbwa.org
Hospitals
- Go to our Home page and click on the Hospitals tab at the top for information about Seattle area hospitals.
- HealthGrades, a health-care quality rating company.
- Hospital Compare - a website maintained by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that shows how well hospitals care for patients with certain medical conditions: www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov
- Leadfrog Group, a health-care quality initiative.
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Immunizations
- Immunization Action Coalition of Washington: www.immunizewa.org
- Washington State Department of Health Immunization Program: www.doh.wa.gov/cfh/immunize
Influenza and the flu
- For information about influenza, where to get a flu vaccine, and costs, please visit Public Health -Seattle & King County’s flu season web pages.
- To find where you can get a flu shot visit: www.flucliniclocator.org
- For more general information and educational materials about preventing the spread of infections, visit Public Health’s Stop Germs, Stay Healthy! webpage
Insurance
- Children’s Health Program (for non-citizens, visitors, undocumented): http://fortress.wa.gov/dshs/maa/chip
- TRICARE (military insurance, families, retired, etc.): www.tricare.osd.mil
- Washington’s Apple Health for Kids (insurance assistance): http://fortress.wa.gov/dshs/maa/applehealth/
- Washington Basic Health (insurance assistance): www.basichealth.hca.wa.gov/understanding.shtml
- Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner: www.insurance.wa.gov
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Kidney Disease
- National Kidney Foundation: www.kidney.org
- Northwest Kidney Centers: http://www.nwkidney.org/www.nwkidney.org/
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Laboratory Tests
- Lab Tests Online (explains laboratory tests to patients): www.labtestsonline.org
Leukemia
- Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - Washington and Alaska Chapter: www.leukemia-lymphoma.org
Liver
- Hepatitis Education Project: www.hepeducation.org
- Washington State Asian Pacific Islander Hepatitis B Taskforce: www.apihepbwa.org
Lou Gehrig’s Disease: also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS
- ALS Association Evergreen Chapter: www.alsa-ec.org
Lung
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation - Washington Chapter: www.cff.org/Chapters/washington
- American Lung Association: www.lungusa.org
Lupus
- Lupus Foundation of America - Pacific Northwest Chapter: www.lupuspnw.org
Lymphoma
- Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - Washington and Alaska Chapter: www.leukemia-lymphoma.org
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Mental Illness
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health (Children’s Hospital): www.cshcn.org/resources/mentalhealthtoolkit.cfm
- King County Mental Health, Chemical Abuse and Dependency Services Division: www.metrokc.gov/dchs/mhd/welcome.htm
- NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) - Washington: www.nami.org/MSTemplate.cfm?Site=NAMI_Washington
Multiple Sclerosis
- Multiple Sclerosis Association of King County will merge with the Greater Washington Chapter of the National MS Society by the end of 2008: www.mswashington.org
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Native American Health
- Seattle Indian Health Board: www.sihb.org
Naturopathic Medicine
- Washington Association of Naturopathic Medicine: www.wanp.org
Nursing homes
- Washington State Department of Social and Health Services: Aging & Disability Services Administration.
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Organ Donation
- LifeCenter Northwest: www.lcnw.org
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Pacific Islander Health
- Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations: www.aapcho.org
- ‘Imi Hale ‘ Native Hawaiian Cancer Network: www.imihale.org
- Washington State Asian Pacific Islander Hepatitis B Taskforce: www.apihepbwa.org
Parkinson’s Disease
- American Parkinson’s Disease Association of Washington: www.parkinsons.org
- Northwest Parkinson’s Foundation: www.nwpf.org
Postpartum Depression
- Speak Up When You’re Down - Washington State Postpartum Depression Awareness Campaign: www.wcpcan.wa.gov/ppd/home.htm
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Safety
- Evergreen Safety Council: www.esc.org
- Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Seattle: www.injuryfree.org
- Washington State Department of Health Children’s Health & Safety: www.doh.wa.gov/children/
- Washington State Department of Social and Health Services: Aging & Disability Services Administration.
Seniors
- Senior Services (referral to adult daycare and other services): www.seniorservices.org
- King and Pierce County’s Healthy Aging Partnership: www.4elders.org
- National Asian Pacific Center on Aging: www.napca.org
SIDS: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
- SIDS Foundation of Washington: www.nisa-sids.org
Student Health
- University of Washington health information for students
Stuttering
- National Stuttering Association/Seattle Chapter: http://seattlensa.org
- Stuttering Foundation of America: www.stutteringhelp.org
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association: www.asha.org
- Friends: the National Association of Young People Who Stutter: www.friendswhostutter.org
- Seattle Children’s Speech and Language Care Team
Surgery
- American College of Surgery - Washington : www.facs.org
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Tuberculosis (TB)
- Seattle & King County Public Health TB Information webpage: www.metrokc.gov/Health/tb/
Transplantation
- LifeCenter Northwest: www.lcnw.org
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Vaccines
- Immunization Action Coalition of Washington: www.immunizewa.org
Vision
- National Federation of the Blind: www.nfbw.org
- Washington Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons: www.eyeacademy.org
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West Nile Virus
- Seattle & King County Public Health West Nile Virus Information website: www.metrokc.gov/health/westnilewww.metrokc.gov/health/westnile
- Washington State Department of Health West Nile Virus Information: www.doh.wa.gov/ehp/ts/Zoo/WNV/WNV.html