Greetings Home Visiting Workforce,
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.
You may be receiving this because you are serving on a team funded by an OHA program. If you'd like to be added to or removed from this list, please CLICK HERE to let us know your preference.
 Each month, you can expect:
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Humor
 Why does Humpty Dumpty love autumn so much?
Hint: Read to the bottom for the answer!
Opportunities
Essentials of Home Visiting
The Essentials of Home Visiting | This OHA funded support offers orientation and ongoing staff trainings in self-paced courses and live webinars. Trainings are competency-based and rooted in decades of home visiting expertise from Start Early. Learn more about courses in the comprehensive catalog.
This resource is available to current Oregon home visitors and supervisors who implement one of the following state-sponsored home-visiting models:
- BabiesFirst!
- Early Head Start
- Family Connects Oregon
- Healthy Families Oregon/America
- Nurse-Family Partnership
- Relief Nursery
CLICK HERE to apply for access.
Free Social Media Training
Join our OHA and Coates Kokes team, led by Jula, Anri and Sproles, for this Free Social Media Training will feature basic tips and tricks for social media accounts. We will also include overall guidance on how to showcase your work and enhance your organization’s presence online.
- November 8th 10:30 AM - 12 PM
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CLICK HERE to register.
Resources
HERO Kids Registry
In an emergency, every moment counts. HERO Kids is a voluntary, no-cost, secure registry that lets families and young adults record critical health details that first responders and hospital emergency department providers can quickly and easily access.
For emergency medical providers faced with split-second decisions, the HERO Kids Registry can fill the information gap. The Registry was designed by parents and medical professionals working together to improve the emergency medical experience for any Oregon child or young adult through the age of 26.
Watch: HERO Kids 1-minute videos
Home Visitor Safety: Training Video | This 7-minute video provides information on common safety precautions to be taken when visiting family homes. This video can be paired with the guide below, for training purposes.
Home Visitor Safety Guide | This guide provides information on common safety precautions to be taken when visiting family homes.
Connect with Oregon Maternal & Child Health on social media!
You can find us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
Follow us to stay in the loop regarding important public health information for Oregon families. Topics covered include: pregnancy, breastfeeding, child health and injury prevention, oral health, mental health, safe sleep, resources for children and youth with special healthcare needs, and so much more!
We also share important updates like changes to Oregon Health Plan coverage, changes to ERDC (Employment Related Day Care), communicable disease spread, environmental alerts, and more.
Please follow Oregon Maternal & Child Health from your personal account and ask your social media coordinator to have your program follow us!
Instagram | @mch_oregon
Facebook | @oregonmch
Twitter/X | @oregonmch
Supporting Families: Navigating Care and Services for Children with Special Health Needs - online course for professional serving children and families.
One in five Oregon children and youth experiences special health needs. They may have physical, developmental, social-emotional, or mental health conditions. These children and their families often rely on many community services. The Oregon Center for Children and Youth with Special Health Needs (OCCYSHN) developed a self-paced, online course to train Community Health Workers (CHWs) on addressing the needs of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN).
This self-paced online course provides the fundamentals of partnering with families so they can get what they need for their children’s health and development. While this course was originally developed for CHWs, the content is relevant to a variety of professionals who work with CYSHCN, including pediatric care coordinators, home visitors, family navigators, and case managers. OCCYSHN is in the process of developing a culturally adapted Spanish-language course which should be available in 2024. Continuing education credits are available.
Infant Mental Health Endorsement ®
This endorsement, through the Oregon Infant Mental Health Association, acknowledges professionals who have attained a certain level of education, training and mentoring to promote quality, culturally sensitive and relationship-focused services to infants, toddlers and caregivers.
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CLICK HERE to learn more about pursuing endorsement.
Maternal Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV)
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
The new 2024 CQI opportunities and project will focus on timely ASQ-3 Developmental Screening for Nurse Family Partnership, Healthy Families Oregon and Early Head Start programs.
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Save this date/time: January 23rd from 11:00am-1:00pm PT
- More information, including registration details to come!
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.
We hope you'll join us for a number of FAN opportunities in both English and Spanish this November and December. Click the links to learn more and register!
Eligibility: Home Visitors and Supervisors are eligible if they are a member of a team that receives MIECHV funding. Home Visitors who are supervised by a MIECHV-funded supervisor are also eligible.
Upcoming opportunities for those who are new to FAN
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Supervisor FAN November 2, 3, 7, 9 | Register
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What is a FAN Training? Info Session November 15, 10-11am | Register
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Practitioner FAN December 6, 8, 13, 14 | Register
Upcoming opportunities for those who are already FAN trained
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Café con una Entrenadora de FAN 14 de noviembre, 2-3 de la tarde
Haga una pausa, relájese y participe en una conversación enfocada en FAN con otros miembros del personal de visitadoras y con la entrenadora Sylvia Kurin. Nuestro tiempo es un espacio para compartir preguntas, casos o lo que desee y reflexionar juntos desde la perspectiva del FAN para poder brindar mayor claridad y contribuir en pulir aún más sus habilidades. Traiga su café (té, mate, etc). | Aprende Más y Regístrate
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Booster: Collaborative Exploration and Equity Nov 30, 10am-12pm | Register
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FAN Table Talk December 12, 2-3pm | Register
*The Mini-Practitioner FAN can be taken as an introduction for those new to FAN, or as a refresher for those already trained.
Questions? Reach out to FAN@cooperhouse.org
Please reach out to:
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Drew Strayer with questions related to Home Visiting Systems and Policy work
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Alyssa McClean with questions related to workforce development and training
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Adejoke Babatunde with questions related to Continuous Quality Improvement
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Caren Marre with question related to gift cards.
Nurse Home Visiting
Babies First! and CaCoon
Babies First! and CaCoon Orientation
- The next orientation will be held December 11th-14th from 8:30am to 10am.
Kelcie Grace Germano Update
Kelcie Grace Germano has left her position supporting the CaCoon program but is continuing her work with children and youth with special health needs at the Oregon Pediatric Improvement Partnership (OPIP). From Kelcie Grace, “I want to express my sincere gratitude for getting to work alongside you. It has truly been an honor to work beside you to make these programs better.” We thank her for her dedication and wish her well on her new journey.
For any CaCoon related questions or concerns, please reach out to any of the following:
For questions about Babies First! please contact nurse consultant Julie Plagenhoef or Erika Rosin
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.
Job Postings
Family Building Blocks, in Salem, is hiring!
Jackson County Public Health is hiring three nurse home visitor positions. Two are full-time NFP positions and one is a 0.5 Babies First!/CaCoon.
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.
Stephanie Glickman, Public Health Educator
Stephanie has been working with the Oregon Health Authority Maternal & Child Health Section (MCH) for seven years. She works with the Birth Anomalies Surveillance System (BASS) and Oral Health Program doing education, communication, and outreach. She provides her expertise to many of our other programs, too. Stephanie is creative, resourceful, and personable. She loves creating MCH-related content and coordinates all of the Oregon MCH social media. She thrives on building relationships with others and is always willing to help find solutions.
Stephanie is deeply rooted in Oregon, moving to the Portland area when she was 12 years old and now raising her two daughters (6- and 11-years old) in North Portland. She loves visiting the Oregon coast, playing in the snow on Mount Hood, and exploring new places around our state. As a parent of two Autistic children, Stephanie is committed to ending stigma, educating others, and fostering inclusive and supportive practices for neurodivergent Oregonians. She believes in supporting families to have access to everything they need to thrive.
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