Resources

If you're wanting to expand your parenting repertoire, have an urgent need, or have concerns about your child's growth and development, you may find one or more of the following resources useful. 

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Essential Needs (food, water, shelter)  2-1-1

Crisis Text Line, text HOME to 741741; 

Local Crisis Line (509) 783-0500, National 1-800-548-8761

National Suicide Prevention Hotline 1-800-273-8255 

National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-7233

Food Assistance from Second Harvest (509) 545-0787

PREPARES (www.preparesforlife.org) has support (diapers, clothes, companionship) for any family with children under the age of 5 - free and open to people of all faiths (including none) and backgrounds 509-946-4645

Communities in Schools Benton-Franklin has provided this document (below) with additional resources that may be helpful. Some are Richland-specific but others are not. At this time we have not been provided a document for Pasco or Kennewick resources.

Emergencies (other than those requiring 911)

Washington Poison Center has poison prevention information as well as a hotline that can be reached 24/7/365. The phone number for the poison center hotline is 800-222-1222

Domestic Violence Service of Benton Franklin Counties has advocacy and support services available for victims of domestic violence in our communities.

Support, Advocacy, and Resource Center helps victims of sexual violence, identity theft, child physical abuse, elder abuse, assault, gang violence, fraud, human trafficking, and those affected by a homicide of a loved one. 

Child Development

CDC's Learn the Signs - Act Early has tips for parents, a free app to track milestones, recognize delays, and share information with their child's health care provider. 

Parenting Counts Developmental Timeline offers access to research-based information about your child's development from birth to five.

Tuft's University Child & Family WebGuide helps you navigate the large volume of parenting and child development websites out there. According to the mission, they "seek to provide parents and families and accessible, thoroughly reviewed collection of credible and authoritative websites they can trust. All websites on this site have been systematically reviewed and contain valuable information and support on a variety of topics of interest."

Parenting

Kids in the House: A website with thousands of videos about parenting and childcare from over 450 experts.

Partners for Early Learning is a local organization that works with parents, educators, and caregivers year round in order to ensure all children in our community are ready for school.

Child Care Aware of Washington helps families find childcare and may be able to find resources to help off-set the cost of childcare.

Screening, Testing, and Intervention

Co-op families have access to the ASQ-3 and the ASQ-SE screening tools! We conduct these every few months. This is voluntary but we encourage all families to participate in the screening process.

The Tri-Cities has grown.  Early intervention services are handled by different offices depending upon the area in which your child lives. 

Children's Developmental Center provides screening for children in Kennewick and Pasco. Contact the center to refer your child or to request screening services: 509.735.1062

ESD-123 provides screening for children in the following cities: Richland, Benton City, Prosser, Columbia-Burbank, Touchet, College Place, Walla Walla, Prescott, Starbuck, Waitsburg, Dixie, and Dayton. 509.547.8441

The ARC of Tri-Cities offers autism screening. The ARC also has a variety of supports for people with special needs and their families.

For concerns about children over age 3 (36 months), contact your local school district for testing and referrals.

Family Services

2-1-1 Washington: If you are in need of health and human service information or referrals for assistance to help meet your family's needs, call 2-1-1. The operators can help you find resources for a wide variety of needs, including transportation assistance, veteran's resources, housing/shelter, WIC, and many other community services.