Greetings Home Visiting Workforce,
Welcome to the Oregon Home Visiting Newsletter!
We hope this will be a useful resource for home visiting teams including everyone from administrative, fiscal and data professionals to home visitors and supervisors.
 Each month, you can expect:
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Humor
What does corn say when it gets a compliment?
Hint: Read to the bottom for the answer!
Opportunities
Essentials of Home Visiting Coursework (Start Early)
The Essentials of Home Visiting, a high-quality, online training platform designed to create confident, competent home visitors and supervisors within any home visiting model. This OHA funded support offers orientation and ongoing staff trainings in self-paced courses and live webinars is competency-based and rooted in decades of home visiting expertise from Start Early.
FAN (Facilitating Attuned Interactions)
FAN (Facilitating Attuned Interactions) is a framework for building attuned, collaborative relationships between human service professionals and the families we serve. OHA and The Ford Family Foundation pay for home visiting professionals and supervisors in Oregon to attend many FAN trainings and reflective Consultation groups.
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CLICK HERE for upcoming Cooper House FAN training opportunities
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Contact Lisa Foss to ask about FAN Training participation
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Save the date!
- OHA FAN training October 2nd - 5th, 2023 from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Home Visiting Lactation Support Toolkit Overview meeting
An overview of a new Lactation Support Toolkit and how it can be used by home visitors and state administrators to strengthen chest/breastfeeding education and lactation support provided in Oregon. This session will be recorded and can be used to orient future home visiting staff on the Toolkit.
- Time: Aug 10, 2023 10:00 AM
- Location: CLICK HERE to join the Zoom meeting
- Meeting ID: 161 144 7028
- Passcode: 143260
Help us support home visitor wellness by sharing your experiences
Portland State University is conducting a survey to collect information about how to better support the well-being of Oregon’s home visiting workforce.
We’re reaching out to home visitors, home visiting supervisors and managers to ask you to complete this statewide survey. We want to make sure we hear from as many voices and perspectives as we can and would greatly appreciate your input!
Your participation is entirely voluntary and confidential. No one outside of Portland State University will know whether you take the survey or have access to any of the answers you provide. The survey will take about 20-30 minutes for you to complete.
As a thank you, you will receive a $50 Amazon or Target gift card for completing the survey. If you are unsure if you can accept a gift card, please talk to your supervisor. You can opt out of receiving a gift card or may need to take the survey during non-work hours.
CLICK HERE to access the survey by August 4th!
Please email: hvworkforce@pdx.edu if you have any questions or concerns.
Resources
More families will qualify for help paying for childcare as of July 1
On July 1, the new Department of Early Learning and Care (DELC) expanded eligibility for affordable childcare through the Employment Related Day Care (ERDC) program. Families are now able to receive cash assistance from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and get help paying for childcare from ERDC at the same time.
As of July 1, there are fewer reasons for childcare assistance to end within 12 months. Cases will no longer close if a family cannot find a provider within three months. ERDC benefits will continue if a caretaker loses their job or stops attending school.
Learn more about these changes through the flyers below, available in 5 languages:
Oregon vital statistics annual report
Would you like to explore more about your community or county? Check out this dashboard.
Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV)
The OHA MIECHV team is fully staffed! A full list of your key contacts is at the end of this newsletter.
Improving Performance Measures: Focus on Developmental Screening
Last year, MIECHV awardees asked for a series of videos on the MIECHV performance measures. We heard you!
This short, animated video highlights the importance of MIECHV Performance Measure 12—Developmental Screening. Hear MIECHV TA Resource Center Director Allison Parish discuss the benefits of conducting developmental screenings during home visits and strategies for increasing the number of babies and toddlers who are getting screened.
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Nurse Home Visiting
Reminder: Oregon State Board of Nursing (OSBN) Online Portal Change
OSBN has changed their on-line portal for managing RN licenses. Unless you have created an account on the new portal, you will NOT be notified of when you need to renew your license.
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CLICK HERE to create your account if you have not done so already!
Nurse Family Partnership
Babies First! and CaCoon
Family Connects Oregon
Family Connects Oregon has launched in Deschutes, Crook, Jefferson, Washington, Marion, Benton, Lincoln and Linn counties. Please see www.familyconnectsoregon.org for more information. For questions contact Public Health Nurse Consultant Bobbie Bowman Meza at Oregon.UOHV@odhsoha.oregon.gov
Other related Maternal Child Health programs that Impact our home visiting work
Title V
Oregon MothersCare
Workforce Updates
Do you have any new or departed staff or vacancies you would like us to help promote?
We want to keep your teams up to date and involved! Please take a few minutes to let us know about any changes to your workforce.
QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS FOR MCH
Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns about OHA Home Visiting Programs.
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CLICK HERE to submit your questions, concerns or feedback.
Caren E Marre (she/her)
Administrative Assistant Maternal & Child Health
Caren lives in SE Portland, is a creative, an avid gardener and has two wonderful doggies, Lyla (4.5) and Annie (3) that she enjoys taking out for a frolic every day. Please ask Caren to share some stories about her Dragon Boat leadership experience too! This is something she hopes to get back into in the future! Her background includes working with an international nonprofit that partnered with the US State Dept in coordinating High School age student exchanges to build intercultural knowledge and public diplomacy.
Caren Marré specializes in providing coordination and support for Early Childhood Home Visiting programs and offers cross-section assistance to the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Section. Caren works collaboratively as part of a team, including the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting and Oregon Nurse Home Visiting programs, and the Maternal and Child Health Policy Team. She is a critical thinker and compassionate leader dedicated to building an organization's brand reputation and development, with a focus on making a direct, positive impact in people's lives.
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