Pierce Advocacy and Resource Connections - Health and Wellness

• Pierce College Counseling
  • In an effort to address the variety of needs — personal, emotional and academic — of all its students, Pierce College faculty counselors provide short-term counseling services to enrolled students free of charge.
• Pierce College Dental Hygiene Clinic
  • Offers low-cost oral examinations, preventative services, non-surgical periodontal services, and limited restorative care to Pierce College students, veterans and their dependents and active duty military and their dependents. This service does not provide emergency dental treatment.
• Pierce College Health Education Centers
  • Locations at Fort Steilacoom and Puyallup Campuses offer gym access and sports facilities for students and community members.

• Community Health Care
  • Provides comprehensive medical services, including dental, at multiple locations. Sliding scale fees based on income available for those who are uninsured.
• Neighborhood Clinic
  • Provides urgent care services for those who cannot afford or have access health care.
• SeaMar
  • Provides comprehensive medical services, including dental, at multiple locations. Sliding scale fees based on income available for those who are uninsured.
• UW Medicine
  • Offers comprehensive health care in-person and virtually anywhere in Washington state. Financial aid and discount programs available for those who qualify.

• New Eyes
  • Provides eye glasses voucher for eligible participants.
• VSP Eyes of Hope
  • Has programs that assist students, adults, and children with eye exams and eyewear.

• Community Health Care
  • Provides comprehensive medical services, including dental, at multiple locations. Sliding scale fees based on income available for those who are uninsured.
• Pierce County Dental Care Clinics and Resources
  • Extensive list of dental providers and resources in Pierce County.

• Hearing, Speech & Deaf Center
  • Provides support to any person (and their family and friends) experiencing communication barriers related to hearing.
• Pierce County Hearing Resources
  • Find programs that offer low-cost hearing aids

• Community Health Care
  • Offers comprehensive reproductive services and gender-affirming care
• MultiCare Women's Center – Puyallup
  • Provides full obstetrical and gynecological (OBGYN) care for all ages.
• Planned Parenthood
  • Provides comprehensive reproductive health care, including pregnancy testing and planning, prenatal and postpartum services, STI (sexually transmitted infection) testing and treatment, vaccinations, gender-affirming care, emergency contraceptive, birth control, and other wellness care.
• PEP (Post-Exposure Prophylaxis)
  • Worried that you have been exposed to an STI? Talk with your urgent or emergency care doctor within 72 hours about Post Exposure Prophylaxis.
• PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis)
  • Find where to obtain prescriptions and coverage for PrEP (a once daily pill used to prevent transmission of HIV).
• Seamar - Maternity Support Services
  • Helps parents with Medicaid coverage have a healthy pregnancy by providing support and information related to prenatal and postpartum health.
• Washington State Department of Health (DOH)
  • Find resources, clinics, and accurate information regarding reproductive health in Washington State.

• Cedar River Clinics
  • Gender-affirming hormones, gender-affirming surgery referrals, STI testing, virtual birth control appointments, abortion access.
• Community Health Care
  • Provides full range of medical services through their Gender Affirming Care Program. Provides comprehensive care, including HIV and dental care.
• Diversity Alliance of the South Sound
  • Offers 5-6 different support groups online each week, along with Discord channel for resources and support. Has a limited program that provides HRT supplies.
• Gay City
  • Seattle 2SLGBTQIA+ center that offers multiple resources ranging from support groups to clothing closets and free HIV and STI testing.
• QueerDoc
  • Provides gender-affirming care via telehealth appointments. Has a resource list for gender-affirming providers and services across Washington.
• Seattle Children's Gender Clinic
  • Accepts patients 9-16. Gender-affirming hormones, puberty blockers, gender-affirming surgery referrals.
• WA Apple Health Transhealth Program
  • Information on Apple Health (Medicaid) coverage for gender-affirming care.

Case Management and Peer Support

• BABES Network
  • Peer support for women living with HIV.
• Washington State HIV Medical Case Management
  • Complete list of agencies that provide HIV case management services across Washington State

Housing

• AHAT (Affordable Housing and Treatment)
  • Offers housing programs for people living with HIV (PLWH) Provides transitional shared housing, skilled nursing and hospice care, and tenant-based rental assistance.
• HOPWA (Housing Options for People with AIDS)
  • Helps PLWH get stable housing.  

HIV Specialists

• Community Health Care - Ryan White Services
  • Provides HIV care at the Hilltop Medical Clinic, including some basic needs resources, referrals, and case management
• Franciscan Infectious Disease Associates at St. Joseph
  • Provides HIV care at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Tacoma.
• University of Washington, Madison Clinic
  • Provides HIV care both in-person and virtually
• ViiV Patient Assistance
  • Get help paying for HIV meds made by ViiV

Insurance Coverage

• EIP (Early Intervention Program)
  • Provides free supplemental insurance coverage for PLWH to cover HIV-related medical costs and prescription copays. Includes dental and mental health coverage for eligible participants.
• EHIP (Evergreen Health Insurance Program)
  • Pays for monthly insurance premiums for PLWH who qualify for Washington State's Early Intervention Program (EIP). Helps with insurance navigation.

Medication Assistance

• Gilead Patient Assistance
  • Get help paying for PrEP and HIV meds made by Gilead.
• GoodDays
  • Offers multiple programs that provide co-pay assistance for prescription medication, including HIV, some cancers, and more.

Specialty Pharmacies

• AHF Pharmacy
  • Specialty pharmacy that delivers medications via discreet mail and in-person delivery.
• Lincoln Pharmacy
  • Specialty Pharmacy that provides medication delivery, multi-dose pill packaging, and immunizations.

Injection Supplies and Overdose Prevention Aids

• EGYHOP
  • Provides free necessities, emergency supplies, and STI prevention supplies several days a week in Olympia via street outreach.
• The People's Harm Reduction Alliance
  • Provides free Naloxone/Narcan via discreet mailing, once per month, anywhere in Washington State.
• Tacoma Needle Exchange
  • Exchanges used injection supplies for new ones. Delivery available. Provides Naloxone via vending machines at multiple locations across Pierce County.
• Syringe Service Program Directory
  • A statewide directory of syringe service programs in Washington.

Sober Support

• Pierce County NA
  • Resource to find Narcotics Anonymous meetings in Pierce County.
• Pierce County Alliance
  • Offers therapy and substance use recovery treatment.
• Puget Sound AA
  • Search engine to find Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in the South Sound area.
• Tacoma Recovery Center
  • Peer support for those impacted homelessness, addiction, and mental health challenges.

Detox

• Tacoma Detox Services (MDC)
  • Accepts walk-ins 24/7 for those needing medication and care for drug withdrawal. Connects folks to support for ongoing recovery needs, housing, employment, medication management, and more.

• Comprehensive Life Resources (CLR)
  • Offers counseling, medication management, veteran's programming, and more.
• Greater Lakes Mental Health (GLMH)
  • Provides comprehensive mental health care for those with Medicaid coverage. Walk-ins welcomed.
• Pacific Lutheran University: The Couple and Family Therapy Center
  • Offers counseling based on a sliding fee scale. Telehealth available.
• Pierce County Alliance
  • Offers therapy & substance use recovery treatment.
• Metropolitan Development Council (MDC)
  • Provides a variety of mental health care programming for those who are homeless and have lower-income.
• MultiCare Behavioral Health
  • Has a variety of programs across multiple locations that provide mental health support.

Search for a Provider

• Good Therapy
  • Search engine to find counseling and psychiatry near you.
• Therapy Den
  • Search engine to find counseling and psychiatry near you.
• Psychology Today
  • Search engine to find counseling and psychiatry near you.
• SeaMar
  • Provides inpatient and outpatient mental health and drug user services

Youth Specific Support

• HopeSparks, Family Services
  • Focuses on serving youth from birth to 21 and their families. Provides mental health and developmental support services.
• WISe (Wraparound with Intensive Services)
  • Provides intensive, personalized, mental health services for youth.

• Center for Independence (CFI)
  • Support by, and for, disabled people to find resources and gain skills to promote independent living.
• Hearing, Speech & Deaf Center
  • Provides support to any person (and their family and friends) experiencing communication barriers related to hearing.
• Pierce County Aging and Disability
  • Provides services for older and/or disabled adults. Provides resource referrals, case management, and more.
• Tacoma Area Coalition of Individuals with Disabilities (TACID)
  • Offers a large variety of support for disabled adults included referral services, peer support groups, and drop-in day center.

Blind and Partially Sighted People Specific Support

• Pierce County Association of the Blind (PCAB)
  • Offers support for those experiencing vision problems, eye disease, and blindness.
• Pierce County Blind & Partially Sighted Resources
  • List of resources for blind & partially sighted people in Pierce County.
• Washington State Department of Services for the Blind
  • Help for anyone who is blind or have low vision to get the vocational rehabilitation services they need to build or continue their careers.
• National Federation of the Blind
  • Offers multiple resources from legal and advocacy to free slate & stylus and white cane programs.

Medical and Mobility Supplies

• MSHH Donor Closet
  • Offers discounted, refurbished durable medical equipment for suggested donation prices. Financial Aid programs offered for those living with Multiple Sclerosis.

Transportation

• Pierce County Shuttle
  • Ride share service for disabled people who are unable to ride Pierce County busses.

Insurance

• Pierce County Project Access
  • Helps pay for silver-level insurance plans. Has a donated care program to help folks regardless of citizenship status.
• Washington Healthplanfinder
  • Apply for insurance, including Apple Health Medicaid. Can apply online or by phone.
• Washington Healthplanfinder, Know Your Plan
  • Information on how to understand your insurance plan benefits, insurance card, and commonly used terms.

Medication Assistance

• GoodDays
  • Offers multiple programs that provide co-pay assistance for prescription medication, including HIV, some cancers, and more.
• Needy Meds
  • Use to search for co-pay assistance and coupons for prescription medication.

• Lincoln Pharmacy
  • Specialty Pharmacy that provides medication delivery, multi-dose pill packaging, and immunizations.
• SeaMar
  • Provides comprehensive medical services, including walk-in services for vaccinations for flu and COVID-19.
• Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department (TPCHD)
  • Has information about preventable diseases and where to access free and low-cost immunization programs in Pierce County.