Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Washington DSHS director to leave at year’s end

  October 12, 2011 in City The head of the Washington Department of Social and Health Services will step down at the end of the year to lead a national nonprofit social services organization.

• Complaints at DSHS rise as state funding drops

  September 21, 2011 in City on Page A6 Demand for social services increased dramatically at the same time Washington state cut those services for an increasing number of poor, jobless residents. The number of state residents experiencing long-term … 1

• Search for a stable condition

  August 3, 2011 in City on Page A1 Alicia Ponce-Myers should be swimming. Or playing basketball with her friends. At the very least the 12-year-old from Tonasket, Wash., should have been able to enjoy summer Bible camp: she … 1

• DSHS official resigns over fraud uproar

  April 30, 2011 in Region SEATTLE — The official in charge of Washington state’s food stamp and child support agency has resigned amid an uproar over televised remarks he made that appeared to dismiss evidence … 10

• Washington’s DSHS names new leader

  March 31, 2009 in City, Region Washington’s Department of Social and Health Services has a new leader: Susan N. Dreyfus, executive vice president for strategy with Rogers Behavioral Health System Inc. in the Milwaukee area. She …

• Prosecutor alleges ‘pattern of misconduct’ at DSHS

  March 20, 2009 A “pattern of misconduct” plagues the Colville office of the Department of Social and Health Services and has resulted in the wrongful removal of foster children, in one instance described … 1

• DSHS finds violations at senior facility

  March 6, 2009 in City on Page A8 No new residents can move into the Cooper George, a retirement and assisted-living facility on Spokane’s South Hill, until the facility ensures that it has a safe medication distribution system …

• State puts hold on admissions to retirement facility

  March 5, 2009 in City No new residents can move into the Cooper George, a retirement and assisted living facility on Spokane’s South Hill, until the facility ensures that it has a safe medication distribution …

• No new residents at Cooper George, state orders

  March 5, 2009 in City No new residents can move into the Cooper George, a retirement and assisted-living facility on Spokane’s South Hill, until the facility ensures that it has a safe medication distribution system …

• Phelps report urges agencies to share data

    February 28, 2009 in City on Page A1 Concerns about Summer Phelps – the 4-year-old who died in Spokane in 2007 at the hands of her father and stepmother – were reported eight times to Washington’s Child Protective …

• Communication specialists fight ABC soup

  January 30, 2009 in City, Idaho, Region The acronym list at Washington’s Department of Social and Health Services Web site runs 53 pages. OUCH. The acronym list for the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare stretches 37 …