2009 Community Resources for Cowlitz County, Washington - Compiled by 4People.org
      (Last updated June, 2009)

CRISIS
For emergency dial 911, or from cell phone 112
Castle Rock Police Department: 360-274-4711
Charlotte House: 360-795-6400
Cowlitz County Prosecuting Attorney Hall of Justice: 577-3080
Crime Victim Advocacy Program: 1-888-425-1176
Domestic Violence Hotline of Washington: 1-800-562-6025
Domestic Violence Shelter and Advocacy: 360-425-1176
Domestic Violence: 1-800-799-7233 or 1-800-787-3224 (TTY)
Emergency Mental Health: 1-800-803-8833
Emergency Support Shelter: 360-636-8471
Kalama Police Department: 360-673-2165
Kelso Police Department: 360-23-1271
Longview Police Department: 360-442-5800
Northwest Justice Project: 360-693-6130
Victim Assistance Program: 360-577-3080
Victims of Crime Resource Center: 1-800-627-6872
Victims/Witness Division
Washington State Patrol: 360-577-2050

CASE MANAGEMENT
Agency on Aging and Disabilities/ SW Washington: 360-577-4929 or 800-682-2406
Department of Social & Health Services (DSHS Financial): 1-800-244-3170
Department of Veterans Affairs: 1-800-562-2308
DSHS Aging & Disability: 1-800-422-3263
DSHS Division of Developmental Disabilities:360-501-2520
DSHS Financial Medical Assistance: 1-800-562-3022
ESD In School Homeless Youth Liaisons in the following School Districts (Case Management):
- Castle Rock School District: 360-501-2940
- Kalama School District: 360-673-5207
- Kelso School District: 360-501-1905
- Longview School District: 360-575-7437
- Woodland School District: 360-225-9451
HIV/AIDS Case Management: 360-414-5564
Lower Columbia Community Action Council(Homeless case management): 360-425-3430
Medicaid Case Management-SWAA: 888-637-6060
Offenders Transitional Employment Resources
- Goodwill - Longview (360) 425-6929
- WorkSource Cowlitz/Wahkiakum (Kelso) (360) 577-2250
Transitional Housing, Operating & Rent assistance 360-636-1902

CHILD CARE OR RESPITE CARE
Child care resource & referral 360-750-9735 or 1-800-282-0874
Lower Columbia Community Action Council: 360-425-3430
Working Connections Child Care: 360-501-2423

CHILD DEVELOPMENT, SERVICES & PROGRAMS
Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Feeding Team: 360-425-9810
DSHS Division of Developmental Disabilities: 1-800-566-1078 or 360-501-2520
Family Resources Coordinator: 360-575-7585 Fax: 360-425-1053
Progress Center 360-425-9810 Fax: 360-425-1053

CLOTHING, FURNITURE & HOUSEWARES
Church of Christ: 360-577-0420
Clothes Closet: 360-425-1960 *Clothing available Monday 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. and Friday 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Community Home Health & Hospice Thrift Shop: 360-575-6292
Community House on Broadway: 360-425-8679
FISH of Cowlitz County: 360-636-1100 *Clothing for individuals going back to work.
God’s Closet: 360-425-8679 *Clothing Tues. – Sat. 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Goodwill Industries: 360-425-7520
Help Warehouse (C.A.P.): 360-425-3430 *Often has clothing available, no charge to low-income families with a voucher.
Hospice Thrift Shop: 360-577-6292
Kalama Helping Hands: 360-673-2814 *Some clothing. Open Tues. – Thurs. 4:00 p.m.
New 2 You thrift Store: 360-423-7297
Salvation Army: 360-423-3992
Seventh Day Adventist Community Center: 360-423-6730
St. Vincent De Paul: 360-577-0662 *Woodland Community Service Center: 360-225-9998
The Red Hat Thrift Shop: 360-578-1733

DOCUMENT REPLACEMENT, SCH. SUPPLIES, QUALITY OF LIFE
Lower Columbia Community Action Council: 360-425-3430

EDUCATION: SCHOOLS, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, SPECIAL ED
Castle Rock School District: 360-501-2940
ESD 112 School Nurse Corps: 360-750-7500 x215
ESD 112 Specialized Student Services: 360-750-7500 x316
ESD 112: 360-750-7500
- School Nurse Corps: 360-750-7500 x215
- Specialized Student Services: 360-750-7500 x316
Kalama School District: 360-673-5282
Kelso School District: 360-501-1927
: 360-575-7016
Lower Columbia College: 360-442-2311
Toutle Lake School District: 360-274-6182
Wahkiakum School District: 360-795-3971
Woodland School District: 360-225-9451

EDUCATION & SUPPORT FOR PARENTS

EMPLOYMENT
ADC – Pathways to Employment: 360-423-2640
All Star Staffing: 360-423-0036
Applied Industries: 360-425-6404
Apprenticeships: 360-577-2200 or 360-23-3990
Cowlitz County Job Service Center: 360-577-2250
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR): 360-501-2499 or 1-800-548-0946
Employers Overload: 360-577-4250
Employment Security Department: 360-577-2250
Express Personnel Services: 360-414-1200
Individual Supported Employment: 360-425-6929
JOB Corps: 1-800-733-JOBS
Job listing information – recorded: 360-578-4204
Labor Ready: 360-425-5557
Lower Columbia College: 360-442-2311
Lower Columbia College: 360-442-2840
Work First: 360-577-2034
WORKSOURCE: 360-578-4234
- Cowlitz/Wahkiakum: 360-425-3430
- East (Employment Security Office): 360-577-2250

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
Asset Building: Contact Liz Myntti at Lower Columbia Community Action Council 360-578-4243
Foreclosure Assistance: Family Finance Resource Center 360-423-9197
Project for Assistance in Transition From Homelessness (PATH): 360-423-0452 ext. 208
Supplemental Security Income (SSI from Social Security for the disabled): 1-800-772-1213
DSHS 1-800-737-0617

FOOD ASSISTANCE & NUTRITION
C.A.P. Meals On Wheels: 425-3430 *Hot lunches for individuals at least 60 years of age; this applies to Meals on Wheels only. Home delivered.
Clothes Closet: 425-1960
Community House on Broadway: 425-8679 *Lunch Mon.-Fri. 11:30 -12:30 p.m.
Family Health Center: 360-636-3894
FISH: 360-636-1100 (9:00 am-12:00 pm)
Help Warehouse (C.A.P.): 425-3430 *Every 3rd Tuesday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Emergency services Mon. – Thurs. 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Helping Hand Food Center: 360-501-6360
Helping Hands Food Bank: 360-673-2814
Kalama Helping Hands: (360)673-2814 *Food boxes Tues. and Thurs. 11 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Lions Food Bank: 360-274-8887
North Gate City Church: 577-0620
Progress Center: 360-425-9810
Salvation Army: 423-3990 *Food boxes and hot lunches
St. Vincent De Paul: 577-0662
Woodland Community Service Center: 360-225-9087
Wahkiakum WIC: 360-795-6207 or 1-888-452-0326
W.I.C. Program (Women Infants Children): 423-7740

HEALTH INSURANCE
DSHS Medical Assistance Administration (Info about Medicaid): 1-800-562-3022
FISH of Cowlitz County: 360-636-1100
Healthy Kids Now (free or low cost child health insurance): 1-877-543-7669
Healthy Options Exemptions Case Managers: 1-800-794-4360
Washington Basic Health Plan: 1-800-660-9840
Washington State Insurance Commissioner (Info about insurance): 1-800-562-6900

HEALTH SERVICES: MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR BEHAVIOR
A Child’s Place: 360-414-2222
Adult-Marital-Family-Child Counseling Center: 360-636-2802
AIDS Hotline for Cowlitz County: 360-577-0272
Behavioral Health Outpatient Clinic: 360-414-2236
C.A.P.: 360-425-3430
Cascade Psychological Services: 360-423-2750
Catholic Community Services Family Center: 360-577-2200
Center for Behavioral Solutions: 360-414-2280
Center on Human Development & Disabilities (CHDD) UW, Seattle: 206-685-1242
Chemical Dependency Assessment Center (ADATSA): 360-414-2026
Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center: 206-987-2000
Columbia Counseling: 360-425-1322
Cowlitz County CSHCN Coordinator: 360-414-5599
Cowlitz County Health and Human Services: 360-414-5599
Cowlitz County Health Center: 360-414-1300
Cowlitz County Health Department: 360-425-7531
Cowlitz Free Medical Clinic: 360-414-2852
Cowlitz Tribal Health Center: 1-800-301-3461
Denture Clinic: 360-575-1667
Education For Health/Stress Management: 360-636-4130
Emergency Support Shelter: 360-360-425-1176
Family Health Center -- Dental: 360-414-1300
Family Health Center – Medical: 360-636-3892
Family Health Center North Beach - Ocean Park: 360-665-3000
FISH of Cowlitz County: 360-636-1100
Legacy Counseling Services: 360-501-4122
Lower Columbia Mental Health Center: 24 hour emergency 360-425-6064 or Toll Free 1-800-803-8833
Lower Columbia Mental Health: 360-423-0203
Mary Bridge Children's Health Center: 253-594-1400 or 1-800-552-1770
Mental Health Crisis Line: 360-425-6064
Monticello Counseling Services: 360-425-2819
Mothers Against Drunk Driving – M.A.D.D.: 360-501-4857
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill – Cowlitz (NAMI): 360-577-6581
Northwest Psychological Resources: 360-414-8600
OHSU School of Dentistry: 503-494-9867
Pacific Psychological Associates: 360-425-3854
Progress Center: 360-425-9810
Sexual Abuse and Prevention Program: 360-577-8871
SL Start: 360-577-5717
Southwest Washington Medical Center Breast & Cervical Health Program: 360-514-1663
St. John Medical Center (PeaceHealth): 360-414-2000
St. John Medical Center Inpatient Psychiatric: 360-414-4836
Therapeutic Strategies: 360-636-4984
Wahkiakum County CSHCN Coordinator: 360-795-6207 or 1-888-452-0326
Wahkiakum Family Practice Clinic: 360-795-3201
Wahkiakum Health & Human Services - Mental Health Services: 360-795-8630 or 1-800-635-6989
Wahkiakum Mental Health Services: 360-795-8630

HOME CARE SERVICES & MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
“Are You O.K.?” (C.A.P.): 360-425-3430
Adult Protective Services: 360-501-2500
Agency on Aging/ SW Washington: 360-577-4929
Avail Home Nursing: 1-800-637-9998
Care Medical Equipment – Longview: 360-636-2075
Castle Rock Senior Center: 360-274-7502
Community Home Health and Hospice: 360-425-8510
Home Delivered Meals (C.A.P.): 360-425-3430
Kelso Senior Citizens Center: 360-98626
Longview Senior Center: 360-36-0210
Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc.: 206-527-1911
New Care Concepts, Inc.: 206-789-9054
Senior Community Lunches (C.A.P.): 360-425-3430
Senior Information and Assistance: 360-425-3430
Senior Information and Referral/Southwest Washington Area Agency on Aging: 360-577-4929
Senior Transportation (C.A.P.): 360-425-3430
Woodland Community Service Center: 360-225-9998

HOUSING
Community House On Broadway: 360-425-8679
Emergency Support Shelter: 360-425-1176
Energy & Housing Services (C.A.P.): 360-425-3430
Foreclosure Assistance: Family Finance Resource Center 360-423-9197
Housing Authority of the City of Kalama: 360-673-3444
Independent Associates: 360-414-3233
Kelso Housing Authority: 360-423-3490
Housing Assistance: Longview Housing Authority: 360-423-0140 x 15
Housing Assistance: Lower Columbia Community Action Council: 360-425-3430
Oxford House, Inc.: 1-800-562-1240
Project for Assistance in Transition From Homelessness (PATH): 360-423-0452 ext. 208
SL Start: 360-477-5717
Sylvester Apartments (Low Income Housing): 360-423-0140
The Salvation Army: 360-496-5404

INFORMATION, SUPPORT OR ADVOCACY
Adolescent Health Transition Project: 206-685-1358
Answers for Special Kids (ASK) Resource line: 1-800-322-2588
Arc of Cowlitz Valley: 360-425-5495
Assist Payee Services: 360-885-9320
Autism Society of Washington State: Cowlitz/Wahkiakum Counties: 360-423-4012
CASA: 360-414-5212
Center for Children with Special Needs
Children’s Resource Line: 1-866-987-2500
Family Voices of Washington (Info on healthcare policy): 360-866-8254
Fathers Network : 425-747-4004, ext. 4286
FISH of Cowlitz County (Assistance with RX/medical): 360-636-1100
Mentors of Mothers (MOMS) and Grandparents Supporting Grandparents: 360-414-9212 x13
Parent to Parent: 360-425-5494
Parents United for Moral Support (PUMS): 360-636-2347
STOMP-Specialized Training for Military Parents: 1-800-572-7368
Washington P.A.V.E. (support/help with schools): 1-800-572-7368
Washington Parent Power

LEGAL SERVICES
Northwest Justice Project - CLEAR 1-888-201-1014 / Seniors 1-888-201-1014
Cowlitz County Victim Assistance Program: 360-577-3080
Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Counties Legal Aid Program: 360-425-2579

RECREATION
Cowlitz Parks and Recreation: 360-442-5400
Longview Parks and Recreation Department: 360-442-5400
Special Olympics: 1-800-752-7559

TECHNOLOGY & INTERNET ACCESS
Castle Rock Library: 360-274-6961
Fort Vancouver Regional Library District: 360-695-1561
Herbert H. Minthorn Memorial Library: 360-414-7462
Kelso Public Library: 360-423-8110
King County Library: 800-462-9600
Longview Public Library: 360-442-5300

TRANSPORTATION
C.A.P. Rural Public Transit: 360-425-3430
Community Urban Bus Service (CUB): 360-442-5663
Greyhound Bus Lines Kelso Depot: 1-800-231-2222
Human Services Council: 360-694-9997 or 1-800-752-9422
Medicaid Transportation (call for referral): 1-800-752-9422
Woodland Community Service Center: 360-225-9998

UTILITIES & TELEPHONE
Energy & Housing Services (C.A.P.): 360-425-3430
The Salvation Army: 360-496-5404
Washington Telephone Access Program

VETERANS SERVICES
American Legion: 360-690-0274
Benefits Information And Claims Assistance: 1-800-827-1000
Disabled American Veterans: 360-577-5685
Disabled Veterans Employment Security Dept.: 360-577-2250
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR): 360-501-2499
Easter Seals Society of Washington: 360-98109 TOLL FREE 1-800-678-5708
Home Care Equipment Bank (C.A.P.): 360-425-3430
Independent Associates: 360-414-3233
Longview Goodwill Industries: 360-425-6929
Vet Center: 503-273-5370
Veteran’s Industries: 360-905-1737
Veteran’s Outreach: 360-735-4982
Veterans Administration Medical Center Chemical Addiction Rehabilitation: 360-690-1841
Veterans Administration Medical Center Outpatient Clinic: 360-696-4061
Veterans Counseling Center (LCC): 360-577-2331

YOUTH GROUPS & SERVICES
4-H/Youth: 360-577-3014
Big Brothers Big Sisters of SW Washington: 360-425-3430 Toll Free 1-888-882-6696
Boy Scouts of America: 360-423-6960
Camp Fire: 360-425-3890
Childcare Resource & Referral (C.A.P.): 360-425-3430
Girl Scouts: 360-423-3800
JOB Corps: 1-800-733-JOBS
Junior Buddy: 360-636-2231
LaLeche League: 360-425-0861
Out Of School Programs: 360-442-5400
Parents Place: 360- 414-9212
Progress Center: 360-425-9810
St. James Family Center: 360-795-8612
Victory Center: 360-501-4283
YMCA of Southwest Washington: 360-423-4770
Youth & Family LINK: 360-423-6741
Youth Employment Services: 360-425-3430

OTHER
Native American Services
Cowlitz Indian Tribe: 360-577-8140 or 800-301-3461
Cowlitz Tribal Treatment: 360-575-3316
Health Clinic: 360-575-8275
Vocational Rehabilitation: 360-77-8140

Compiled by 4People.org