Washington House Democrats

Web Resources

Home health care:
Home Care Quality Authority - Washington State

Employment

Find a job

Get unemployment benefits

Check state job listings

Find the minimum wage

Learn about wages, work hours, and leave

Learn about workers' compensation

Visiting and Recreation

Buy a fishing or hunting license

Reserve a campsite

Find maps and mapping information

Find tourism information

Learn about fire danger by county

Find traffic and weather information

Send a scenic postcard

Learning and Education

Find a library

Get homework help

Find a school web site

Get information about the WASL

Pay for college

Read high school graduation requirements

Learn how to home school my child

Government

Find a list of state agencies and departments

Department of Transportation's Gray Notebook Lite: A summary report of progress on state transportation projects (PDF)

Find the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS)

Order a certificate of birth, death, marriage or divorce

Get a passport

Find licensing information

Locate my legislator or legislative district

Locate city and county web sites

State Facts

Learn about Veterans Memorials on the Capitol Campus

Learn about the state flower, state bird and other state symbols

Explore the Washington State History Museum

Arrange for a State Capitol tour

Become a Washington state resident

Find maps and mapping information

City Web sites

- Battle Ground
- Camas
- Ridgefield
- Vancouver
- Washougal

Colleges:

- Clark College
- Washington State University at Vancouver

Federal and state government

- Download tax forms
- Access Washington Washington State government information services
- Disasters - what to do before and during a disaster
- Fedstats Statistics and information from more than 70 agencies in the United States federal government.
- Fedworld Information Network Comprehensive central access point for searching, locating, ordering and acquiring government and business information
- FirstGov "Your first click to the U.S. government". Web information portal for the United States Federal government.
- Washington State Association of Counties (WSAC) http://www.wacounties.org/
- Washington State University - Vancouver

Libaries
- Camas Regional Library
- Fort Vancouver Regional Library District
- Law Library (Clark County)

Newspapers

The Columbian - newspaper
Camas/Washougal Post Record - newspaper
The Reflector - newspaper

Public Schools:

- Vancouver School District
- Hockinson School District
- Evergreen School District
- Camas School District
- Battle Ground School District
- Washington School for the Deaf

Regional information sites

- www.211info.org (Comprehensive database of social services in Oregon and Southwest Washington)

- CascadeLink "...provides on-line community information, encourages citizen involvement and supports internet access for people living in the Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA region."
- Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council
- Columbia River Economic Development Council (CREDC)
- GEM (Grounds Equipment and Maintenance) - "Providing a cost efficient result to the community by sharing services and facilities".
- Regional Transportation Council Board (RTC)
- Vancouver-Clark Parks and Recreation
- Visitor and Convention Bureau (VCB)

Utility services
- Clark Public Utilities (electricity and water)
- Garbage collection
- Hazel Dell Sewer District (waste water and sewage collection)
- NW Natural Gas http://www.nwnatural.com

Miscellaneous

- Battle Ground Chamber of Commerce
- Blue Ribbon Commission on Transportation (BRCT)
- Boundary Review Board for Clark County - E-mail only
- Camas/Washougal Chamber of Commerce
- Columbia River Economic Development Council (CREDC)
- County Fairgrounds
- C-TRAN
- Fort Vancouver Public Access Television (FVTV)
- Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce 
- Human Services Council
- Lewis & Clark Expedition Bicentennial
- Lower Columbia Fish Recovery Board (LCFRB)
- Port of Vancouver, USA
- PUD - Clark Public Utilities
- SW Washington Clean Air Agency (SWCAA)
- Transportation Priorities Project (TPPII)
- Vancouver Onstage Performing art events in SW Washington
- Youth Commission

Handy Phone Numbers

Abuse Services ~ Information for Seniors ~ Nursing Home Information ~
Nutritional Assistance ~ Physicians Referral ~ Senior Employment/Volunteer Opportunities ~ Children/Child Care ~ Energy Assistance ~ Health Education/Support ~ Housing ~
Social Services for People with Disabilities ~ Transportation ~ Victim/Witness ~
Police Departments

Government Offices in Southwest Washington

Attorney General:
(360) 759-2100 

Work Source:
(360) 735-5000

Fish and Wildlife Dept.:
(360) 696-6211

Fish and Wildlife Department:
(360) 696-6211

Governor’s Vancouver Office:
(360) 896-2361

Labor and Industries Department:
(360) 896-2300

Natural Resources Department (Castle Rock):
(360) 577-2025

Revenue Department:
(360) 256-2060

School for the Blind:
(360) 696-6321

School for the Deaf:
(360) 696-6525

Services for the Blind:
(360) 696-6238

Developmental Disabilities:
(360) 750-4250

Child Support Enforcement:
(360) 696-6100 or 1-800-345-9984

Vocational Rehabilitation:
(360) 619-7060

WA State Dept. of Licensing :
(360) 260-6288

Washington State Patrol:
(360) 578-4147

Department of Transportation:
(360) 905-2000

Abuse Services

Alcohol & Drug Abuse:
1-877-301-4557

Help Line:
1-800-662-9111

Alcoholics Anonymous:
(360) 694-3870

Child Abuse Intervention Center:
(360) 397-6002

Community Drug & Alcohol Center:
(360) 397-2075

Sexual Assault Program (YWCA):
(360) 696-0167

24-hour hotline (Domestic Violence Hotline):
1-800-562-6025

Southwest Washington Medical Center, Vancouver: (360) 256-2000

Abuse Hotline (Report Suspected Abuse of Children or vulnerable adults):
1-866-363-4276
1-800-562-5624

Children or Families at Risk (OFCO):
1-800-571-7321

Children Services: (DSHS):
1-800-562-5624

Human Services Council:
(360) 694-8144

Home Care, SW Washington Medical Center:
(360) 759-1500

Clark County Volunteer Lawyer Program:
(360) 695-5313

NW Justice Project:
1-888-201-1014

Information For Seniors:

Nursing Home Information

Long-Term Care Ombudsman:
1-800-562-6078

Human Services Council:
(360) 694-6577

Nutritional Assistance

Meals on Wheels:
(360) 696-8076

Senior Employment/Volunteer Opportunities

Adult Day Health Center:
(360) 750-7025

Battle Ground Senior Citizens Center:
(360) 687-5312

Camas Senior Citizens Center:
(360) 834-5307

Southwest WA Agency on Aging:
(360) 694-8144

Camas Senior Citizen’s Center:
(360) 834-5307

Senior Services:
1-800-737-7931
1-800-422-3263

Rudy Leupke Senior Center:
(360) 696-8202

Veterans Services: Medical Center
(360) 696-4061

Aging and Adult Services (DSHS):
1-800-422-3263

Children/Child Care

Clark County Child Care Resource and Referral:
(360) 750-9735
1-800-282-0874

Division of Child Care and Early Learning:
(360) 993-7938

Energy Assistance 

Clark County Department of Community Services (includes weatherization and home rehabilitation)
(360) 397-2130

Clark Public Utilities:
(360) 992-3000

Health Education/Support 

Arthritis Foundation:
(360) 253-1434
1-800-283-7800 

American Red Cross:
(360) 693-5821 

United Way:
(360) 696-0341

American Cancer Society:
(360) 695-2278 

Clark County Resources and Referral:
(360) 750-9735
1-800-282-0874 

American Diabetes Association:
1-800-366-1655

Southwest Washington Medical Services:
(360) 256-2000

AIDS/HIV Information (DOH):
1-800-272-2437

Aging and Adult Services (DSHS):
1-800-422-3263

Social Services for People with Disabilities 

ARC of Clark County:
(360) 254-1562

Developmental Disabilities:
(360) 750-4250

March of Dimes:
1-800-658-6674

Southwest Washington Center of Deaf & Hard of Hearing:
TTY (360) 695-9720
Voice (360) 695-3364

School for the Blind:
(360) 696-6321

Services for the Blind:
(360) 696-6238

School for the Deaf:
(360) 696-6525

Sunshine Physically Challenged Foundation:
(360) 693-8041

Telecommunications Relay:
1-888-225-5322
1-888-835-5322

Vocational Rehabilitation:
1-800-637-5627
(360) 619-7060

Transportation

C-Tran:
(360) 695-0123

C-Van (Special Transportation):
(360) 695-8918

Police Departments

Washington State Patrol:
(360) 260-6333

Clark County Sheriff:
(360) 397-2211 

Vancouver Police Dept:
(360) 696-8292

Battle Ground Police Dept:
(360) 342-5100

Camas Police Dept:
(360) 834-4151