Community Resources

Medication Assistance Programs

• Partnership for Prescription Assistance (Oregon) http://www.pparxor.org or phone 1-888-477-2669
• Rx Help for Washington (Washington) http://www.rxhelpforwa.org or phone 1-877-923-6779

Employment Assistance

• Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (Washington) http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/dvr/ Click on DVR offices for location near you.
• Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (Oregon) http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/vr/ Click on locations and contacts
• Neurological Vocational Services Center (Seattle) http://nvsrehab.org

Legal/Advocacy Services

• Jeanne A. Carpenter Epilepsy Legal Defense Fund (Nationwide) http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/epilepsylegal/
• Alliance of People with disAbilities (Washington) http://www.disabilitypride.org
• Washington Protection and Advocacy System (Washington) http://www.wpas-rights.org
• Northwest Justice Project (Washington) http://www.nwjustice.org
• Oregon Advocacy Center (Oregon)  http://www.oradvocacy.org or phone 1-800-556-5361

Resources for Parents

• The Arc of Oregon (Oregon) http://www.arcoregon.org/  or phone 1-877-581-2726
• The Arc of Washington State (Washington) http://www.arcwa.org
• Parent Coalitions (Washington) http://www.arcwa.org/parent_coalition.htm
• Parent to Parent Support Programs (Washington) http://www.arcwa.org/parent_to_parent.htm
• Family Voices of Washington (Washington) http://www.familyvoices.org
• Developmental Web--Special education and developmental resources (Seattle) http://www.developmentalweb.com

Childcare and Respite

• National Respite Locator Service (Nationwide) http://www.respitelocator.org
• Washington State Child Care Resource and Referral Network (Washington) http://www.childcarenet.org

Recreation

• OUTDOORS FOR ALL Foundation (Northwest) http://www.outdoorsforall.org
• Special Olympics Washington (Washington) http://www.sowa.org
• Special Olympics Oregon (Oregon)  http://www.soor.org   Oregon Toll-Free: 800-452-6079
• VSA Arts of Washington (Washington) http://www.vsarts.org
• Summer Camps and Programs for Children with Special Needs (Northwest) http://www.cshcn.org
• Camp Discovery: A Summer Camp for Children with Epilepsy and Their Siblings (Northwest) http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/local/northwest/campdiscovery.cfm

Financial Help

• Department of Social and Health Services (Washington) http://www.dshs.wa.gov/basicneeds/
• Supplemental Security Income (Nationwide) http://www.ssa.gov
   

Health Insurance

• Washington State Basic Health (Washington) http://www.basichealth.hca.wa.gov
• Office of the Insurance Commissioner (Washington) www.insurance.wa.gov
• Oregon Health Plan (Oregon) http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/healthplan/ 
• Oregon Medical Insurance Pool (Oregon)  http://www.omip.state.or.us/
• State Children's Health Insurance Program (Oregon) http://www.dhs.state.or.us/healthplan/app_benefits/schip.html
• Family Health Insurance Assistance Program (Oregon) http://www.oregon.gov/OPHP/FHIAP/index.shtml

Community Services Directory

• Call 211 from home.
• Washington Information Network (Washington)http://www.resourcehouse.com/en/wa/cgi-bin/location.asp
• Oregon 211 (Oregon)  http://www.or211.org

Head Protective Gear/Helmet

• Abilitations http://www.abilitations.com
• Plum Enterprises http://www.plument.com

Scholarship Information

• Pfizer Epilepsy Scholarship http://www.epilepsy-scholarship.com
• Keppra Family Epilepsy Scholarship http://www.keppra.com/pc/helpful_resources/scholarship_program.asp

Seizure Dog Information

• Canine Assistants http://www.canineassistants.org
• Prison Pet Partnership Program http://www.prisonpetpartnership.org
• Paws with a Cause http://www.pawswithacause.org
• Delta Society http://www.deltasociety.org
• Epilepsy Foundation - Questions and Answers about seizure dogs http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/epilepsyusa/seizuredogs.cfm

ID Bracelets

• Low cost ID bracelets with room for epilepsy info- www.idtags4all.com  
• MedicAlert Person HealthKey  http://www.medicalert.org/E-Health/ or call 1-800-432-5378