The Center of Parent Excellence (COPE) project
The COPE project was developed as a support to enhance our System of Care framework. The project is intended to provide a pathway for Washington State parents who are accessing and navigating the children’s behavioral health system to have peer support to ease their journey, whenever possible.
Support is provided by A Common Voice, a statewide, family-run nonprofit organization that provides advocacy and support for families whose children have intensive behavioral health needs.
Find help through the COPE project
The COPE project is staffed by lead parent support specialists, hired for their lived experience as a parent/caregiver. If you are a Washington State parent/caregiver of a child/youth who may benefit from assistance accessing and navigating behavioral health services, please contact your regional lead parent support specialist.
COPE project services
Important! Services are available regardless of your health insurance status.
Services offered:
- One on one support for parents/caregivers accessing and navigating behavioral health services on behalf of your child. Support can be accessed by a phone call or email to the lead parent support specialist for your county.
- Support groups provided twice a month for parent that are set up by region and can be accessed below.
- Monthly consultation groups designed for employed family peers who are employed in Washington State's behavioral health system and can be accessed.
- Assistance to WISe Child and Family Teams (CFTs), upon request, to address their concerns and barriers. The COPE project will track recurring system gaps and barriers and advance them to the local and/or regional FYSPRT.
- Lead parent support specialists
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A Common Voice, C.O.P.E. project
Tony Reda (King, Pierce, and Thurston-Mason counties)
Email: Tony@acommonvoice.org
Phone: 253-732-3461Lauren Woodbeck (Salish, Southwest, and Great Rivers counties)
Email: Lauren@acommonvoice.org
Phone: 253-732-3264Nicole Murphy (Salish, Southwest, and Great Rivers counties)
Email: Nicole@acommonvoice.org
Phone: 253-732-1019Andee Martinez (North Sound and North Central counties)
Email: Andee@acommonvoice.org
Attend a support or consultation group
- For parents/caregivers
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The COPE project offers virtual support groups for parents/caregivers residing in each region. You can meet other parents, hear their stories, share your story, and get helpful information. Support group meetings occur twice a month using a Zoom virtual platform.
King County
- First Monday of every month
10 to 11 a.m.
Register: King County (a.m.) - Second Thursday of every month
4 to 5 p.m.
Register: King County (p.m.)
Thurston-Mason counties
- First Monday of every month
11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Register: Thurston-Mason (a.m.) - Second Monday of every month
6 to 7 p.m.
Register: Thurston-Mason (p.m.)
Clark, Skamania, and Klickitat counties
- First Wednesday of every month
11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Register: Southwest (a.m.) - Third Wednesday of every month
6 to 7 p.m.
Register: Southwest (p.m.)
Whatcom, Skagit, and Snohomish counties
- Second Wednesday of every month
11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Register: North Sound (a.m.) - Fourth Wednesday of every month
6 to 7 p.m.
Register: North Sound (p.m.)
Okanogan, Chelan, Douglas, and Grant counties
- First Thursday of every month
11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Register: North Central (a.m.) - Third Thursday of every month
6 to 7 p.m.
Register: North Central (p.m.)
Pierce County
- First Thursday of every month
10 to 11 a.m.
Register: Pierce (a.m.) - Every Tuesday of the month
6 to 8 p.m.
Register: Pierce (p.m.)
Clallam, Jefferson, and Kitsap counties
- First Tuesday of every month
10 to 11 a.m.
Register: Salish (a.m.) - Third Tuesday of every month
5 to 6 p.m.
Register: Salish (p.m.)
Grays Harbor, Pacific, Lewis, and Cowlitz counties
- First Wednesday of every month
10 to 11 a.m.
Register: Great Rivers (a.m.) - Third Wednesday of every month
5 to 6 p.m.
Register: Great Rivers (p.m.)
Kittitas, Yakima, Benton, Franklin, Walla Walla, Columbia, Whitman, Garfield, and Asotin counties
- Third Monday of every month
10 to 11 a.m.
Register: Greater Columbia (a.m.) - Fourth Monday of every month
5 to 6 p.m.
Register: Greater Columbia (p.m.)
Spokane, Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille, Lincoln, and Adams counties
- First Monday of every month
10 to 11 a.m.
Register: Spokane (a.m.) - Second Monday of every month
5 to 6 p.m.
Register: Spokane (p.m.)
- First Monday of every month
- For family peers
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King, Pierce, Thurston, and Mason counties
- Fourth Thursday of every month
6 to 7:30 p.m.
Register
Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, Okanogan, Chelan, Douglas, or Grant counties (North Sound and North Central)
- Second Thursday of every month
5 to 6:30 p.m.
Register
Clallam, Jefferson, Kitsap, Grays Harbor, Pacific, Lewis, Cowlitz, Clark, Skamania, or Klickitat counties (Southwest, Great Rivers, and Salish)
- First Wednesday
6 to 7:30 p.m.
Register
Kittitas, Yakima, Benton, Franklin, Walla Walla, Columbia, Whitman, Garfield, Asotin, Spokane, Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille, Lincoln and Adams counties (Spokane and Greater Columbia)
- First Tuesday
5 to 6 p.m.
Register
- Fourth Thursday of every month