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Home Visiting Provides Personalized Care to New Parents & Strengthens Families

By Rafael Otto | Dec 14, 2022

On this episode of The Early Link Podcast, our host Rafael Otto speaks with Jennifer Gould who currently works as a Nurse Home Visitor for the Nurse Family Partnership program with the Multnomah County Health Department. The Nurse Family Partnership is a community based, public health program with 45 years of research showing evidence of significant improvements in the health and lives of first-time moms and their children affected by social and economic inequality.

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Legislative Recap: 2022 Short Session Brings Big Wins

By Celeste Yager-Kandle | Mar 22, 2022

The 2022 legislative session came to a close on Friday, March 5, and as we welcome spring and a time of renewal, Children’s Institute is optimistic about the future of early childhood in Oregon.
In the short span of five weeks, the Oregon legislature passed several of the Early Childhood Coalition’s legislative priorities, ...

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Home Visits Help Families Stick Together

By Celeste Yager-Kandle | Mar 17, 2022

In this article, parents share their experiences with voluntary home visits and why family support programs are so needed.

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‘You feel like you have someone in your corner,’ Parents and Providers Urge Leaders to Invest in Family Support Programs, Home Visiting Services

By Celeste Yager-Kandle | Feb 18, 2022

When Marnesha Strickland gave birth to her daughter, the hospital connected her with a program to support her with her newborn. Shortly thereafter, Strickland was introduced to Vanessa Stewart, a home visitor with Albina Head Start, which is a contractor providing...

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Funding Relief Nurseries is an Investment in Families and Communities

By Celeste Yager-Kandle | Aug 17, 2021

Oregon Relief Nurseries provide critical support to families with young children ages 0-5. They currently serve about 3,500 young children throughout the state and are an integral part of Oregon’s early childhood system.

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In Lincoln County, Universally Offered Home Visiting Is Already Making an Impact

By Melissa Duclos | Oct 28, 2019

The Oregon legislature approved funding earlier this year for Universally offered Home Visiting (UoHV), a program designed to support infants and toddlers and their families while promoting healthy development and early learning from the time a child is born. In...

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The Foster Care Fix: Invest in the Services Proven to Keep Kids in Their Homes

By CI Guest | Mar 6, 2019

Guest Column by Leslie Brown, Program Director, Children's Relief Nursery at LifeWorks NW Oregon’s Child Welfare System needs help. Our system for reporting abuse and neglect can be confusing, we do not have enough foster families or child welfare workers, and...

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By Melissa Duclos | Feb 19, 2019

Learn more about the programs and services in Oregon that support young children and families: home visiting, child care, early intervention, early childhood special education, and preschool. Parenting is hard work, especially with young children. Fortunately,...

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Learn More About Voluntary Home Visiting

By Melissa Duclos | Jan 28, 2019

With a 2019 investment, Oregon could make meaningful progress toward offering universal voluntary home visits to new parents who need and want additional support in their first few months home with a new baby. While expanding home visiting services to all infants...

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Oregon’s Relief Nurseries Support Families and Keep Kids Out of Foster Care

By Melissa Duclos | Jan 17, 2019

Oregon's nationally recognized Relief Nursery model serves families with children ages 0–5 who are most at-risk for abuse and neglect. In 2019, Children’s Institute is joining a coalition of early childhood advocates to request an additional $5.6 million in funding...