Community Health Access Program connects people to healthcare resources

Community Health Access Program (CHAP) is a telephone assistance program serving King County residents by connecting them to health insurance, health care services and other resources. 

Multilingual staff are available. CHAP services are free and confidential. 

Call 1-800-756-5437 or email at: chap@kingcounty.gov   Programa de Acceso a Salud Comunitaria (CHAP) en español

What we do:

• Ensure that the most vulnerable populations in King County have access to health care.
• Encourage community partners to be involved in this effort and provide coordination and technical assistance.
• Provide education and training to community partners and families.
• Ensure our partners have current information and materials needed to assist their constituencies, and
• Provide advocacy and problem solving on health care access issues on a community and individual basis. 

Why use CHAP:

If you need help finding affordable:

• Health care or insurance
• Health screening services
• Doctors, dentists, midwives or nurses
• Medical and dental clinics with sliding fees
• Support services & pregnancy tests
• Prenatal care

If you have questions about:

• Apple Health for Kids (Insurance for children 18 and under)
• Medicaid (Healthy Options)
• Medicare
• Take Charge Family Planning
• First Steps
• Child development:
• Information on screenings for child development
• Family Resources Coordination for children under the age of three (3) with special needs; nutrition and counseling programs.
• Maternity support services
• Breast, Cervical, Colon Health Programs
• Basic Food Program
• Women Infant and Children (WIC) Program
• Energy assistance resources