This web site has a variety of interactive calculators that will be interesting to both students and parents. This will give you an idea of what your family contribution may be for one year of college costs. This gets you into the Washington Higher Education Board web site with a wealth of information about programs available to Washington residents. You can therefore find information about admission requirements and financial aid and scholarship programs available at each of these colleges. Maps also show you the locations of all of these colleges within the state of Washington.
Every student wants to check out scholarship opportunities.
Be sure only use free scholarship searches. This link gets you into several free scholarship searches. Please note that these are all long shots and that most students don't receive scholarships through these sources. Therefore, these should not be your primary scholarship search. Begin your search at each of the colleges you are interested in attending.