Washington State Department of Social and Health Services

{{Short description|Washington's social services department}}

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The Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) is Washington's social services department. The agency has its headquarters in Office Building Two (OB-2) in Olympia, the state capital."[http://www.dshs.wa.gov/pdf/DrivingDirections.pdf Driving Directions to the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services Headquarters]." Washington Department of Social and Health Services. Retrieved on August 22, 2010. Annually, 2.2 million children, families, vulnerable adults and seniors come to the department for protection, comfort, food assistance, financial aid, medical and behavioral health care and other services."[http://www.dshs.wa.gov/aboutus/index.shtml]"