What people are saying about Family Connects Oregon

Home visit 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.

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.

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.