OREGON LAUNCHES FAMILY CONNECTS PROGRAM

Open Minds, February 2020

On February 13, 2020, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) launched Family

Connects to offer universal home visiting services to all families with newborns up to six months of age, including foster and adopted babies. The state’s current home visiting programs are not designed to reach all families.

HOME VISITING LAW WOULD BE CASH WISELY SPENT

Portland Tribune, January 2019

We applaud the universal nature of the proposed program: This isn’t just aimed at underserved families, or low-income families, but everyone. Having a baby is stressful and harrowing. It doesn’t matter who you are.

PROPOSED STUDY TO HELP CHILDREN, NOT PROMOTE SURVEILLANCE

KATU News, January 2019

"What we're trying to explore and to study is what would it look like if every family who had a newborn was offered a service for additional supports in their homes as they integrate their child into their family," said Oregon Health Authority Maternal Child Manager Cate Wilcox.

IMPACTS OF POSTNATAL CARE: Giving Babies the Best Start through the Family Connects Model

Grand Rounds, June 14, 2024

Speaker: Benjamin Hoffman MD CPST-IFAAP. Professor of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics, OHSU School of Medicine.