Dental Care Offices for Children with DSHS Medical Coupons (or reduced fee)

Interfaith Community Health Center 676-6177

Access to Baby and Child Dentistry (ABCD) 676-6762 #32022

Blaine Harbor Dental 332-2400

Bellingham Technical College- 715-8349
Dental Clinic on Lindbergh Ave. Bellingham
Free clinic Everson for Nooksack Tribal members

Lummi Indian Health Center 384-0464

Call individual offices for details and appointments

DSHS Transportation Assistance:
If appointment will be paid for with a DSHS medical coupon, you may be eligible for transportation assistance.
Call 1-800-860-6812 or 738-4554 for more information.

New Internet Course:
"Ready, Willing, and Able,
Assisting People with Disabilities During Disasters"

Offered by TRAIN, a Project of the Public Health Foundation, "Ready, Willing & Able" is a free, professional, 2 hour, introductory, online training course offered for independent study and for continuing education.

It is designed for public health and hospital staff, health professionals, disaster preparedness managers, emergency response workers, and personnel working with people with disabilities.

The course name "Ready, Willing, & Able" and
course number 1010882 are necessary
to get to the course to register.

New Bullying Prevention Toolkit

This program offers a variety of tools to help parents and other caregivers

• understand bullying in a new way
• reexamine their knowledge and beliefs about bullying
• shape the beliefs and behaviors of the children in their care

The toolkit is designed for parents and other caregivers of preschool- and school-age children and adolescents to use in child care programs, after-school programs, and camps.

Topics include
(1) the issue of bullying;
(2) why bullying can sometimes be difficult to see;
(3) the concepts of bully, victim, and bystander;
(4) recommendations and strategies for addressing bullying when it occurs;
(5) a strategic approach to creating an environment where everyone takes responsibility for preventing bullying; and
(6) resources and references on bullying prevention.

U.S. House passes 1 year moratorium on Medicaid regulations

The House voted Wednesday to block the Bush administration from cutting federal spending on Medicaid health care.

The vote margin far exceeded the two-thirds needed to override a presidential veto.

Washington state's delegation voted for the moratorium.

The proposed rules would affect programs involving payment to public safety-net institutions, rehabilitation services for people with disabilities, coverage of hospital clinical services, graduate medical-education payments and specialized medical transportation to school for children covered by Medicaid.

The legislation must now move through the Senate Finance Committee and then go to a vote on the Senate floor.

To find your senators' and representative's phone numbers, you may use a searchable online congressional directory or call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202)224-3121 and ask for your senators' and/or representative's office.

Remember that telephone calls are usually taken by a staff member, not the member of Congress. Ask to speak with the aide who handles the issue about which you wish to comment.