Home > Help For Families : Family Help Line     The Family Help Line: For Support During The Difficult Times Toll Free in Washington State 1-800-932 HOPE (4673) Kids Don't Come With Instructions... When you have a question or concern about a child in your life... When you're not sure where to turn for help... When you just need someone to listen... Call the Family Help Line: 1-800-932-HOPE (4673). When you call the Family Help Line: A family coach will: Listen to your concerns, Help you problem solve, Provide parenting information Refer you to community resources. Remember the number: 1-800-932-HOPE (4673) More Information About the Family Help Line The Live Support Line is staffed by trained parenting coaches more info... Stress Management information is available through recorded tips and by talking...more info... Referrals to local resources can be found with the help of a live parenting coach.more info... Publications on a wide variety of parenting topics are availble for free from the Family Help Line.more info... The Parent Info Line is a recorded database that connects families to classes and activites more info... Phone Support In Spanish is available through the Family Help Line.more info... Proven Effective The Family Help Line conducts outcomes evaluation surveys more info... Family Help Line cards are business card size, and fit easily in a wallet or on your fridge!more info... Volunteers and Interns are always needed to work on the Family Help Line. If you are interested more info... Being a Parent Isn't Easy. Remember The Number: 1-800-932-HOPE (4673) Live Support When you call the Family Help Line's Live Support Line, you will find a caring listener to support you, provide information about parenting and child development, problem solve with you, and help you remember the positive things too! If you have concerns or questions about a child in your life, call the Family Help Line. Remember the number: 1-800-932-HOPE (4673). The phone call is free, confidential, and accessible throughout Washington state. Stress Management Raising a family is stressful! The Family Help Line wants to help you explore issues of stress management. You can discuss ideas with a live parenting coach, or listen to a series of recorded messages. Call the Family Help Line at 1-800-932-HOPE (4673). You may also want to explore our series of stress management Tip Sheets on the Parent Tip page of our website. Referrals Our Family Help Line workers can refer to you to appropriate community resources. We keep a database of resources throughout the state. You can even browse the database on line on our Resource Database page. But if you don't find what you are looking for, or prefer to talk with someone, call the Family Help Line: 1-800-932-HOPE (4673) Publications Many of our parent education publications are available for download from our Parent Tip page. However, we have additional topics and tip sheets for you, not listed on our website. Just call us and ask! All of our parenting tip sheets are free; just call the Family Help Line and talk to a parenting coach. 1-800-932-HOPE (4673). Parent Info Line The Parent Info Line's recorded database of parent and family activities and events is available by calling the Family Help Line, or visiting our Resource Database webpage. En Espaņol: Both our Live Support Line and Parent Info Line are available in Spanish. If you can't reach our Spanish parenting coach directly, leave a message and she'll call you back (Washington State only please) Proven Effective The Family Help Line conducts outcomes evaluation surveys to help determine effectiveness. We gather data on family management skills, social support network, and healthy family relationships. This helps Parent Trust for Washington Children improve our service to families and show achievement rates and outcomes results. For more information, visit the Proven Effective Page of our website. Family Help Line Cards The Family Help Line cards are a great way to help you and your clients remember the FHL number. These cards are available for free. Just call the Family Help Line to request. 1-800-932-HOPE (4673). Volunteers and Work Study Interns Volunteers and Work Study Interns have always made a great addition to our Family Help Line staff. For more information, please contact our Family Help Line director, Margaret Edgar at (206) 233-0156 ext. 223 or medgar@parenttrust.org You may also look at our Volunteer Page and our Employment Page for more details.

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