Healthy Families
What is Healthy Families Oregon
Mission Statement
Healthy Families Oregon promotes and supports positive parenting and healthy growth and development for all Oregon families expecting or parenting newborns that need and accept extra support.
Healthy Families Programs give new parents infomation about the following:
Free Welcome Baby Packet to all expectant parents when you complete and return this form
The latest information about how babies grow, develop, and learn both physically and emotionally
Ways to bond with your baby
Information about how to keep your family healthy
Tips for parents about infant sleep, play, attachment and more
Home visits for parents and their children prenatal through age three
Healthy Families of Oregon Goals:
Reducing child abuse and neglect
Increasing healthy outcomes for young children and their families
Improving school readiness by optimizing early learning opportunities, starting at or before birth
Does Healthy Families Work:
Independent evaluations over the past 14 years show that Healthy Start:
Decreases child abuse and neglect. Children NOT in Healthy Families were 2 1/2 times more likely to be abused or neglected.
Increases immunizations
Decreases emergency room use
Builds early literacy skills, leading to greater success in school
Improves children’s healthcare and prenatal care for their mothers’ later pregnancies
Identifies children with developmental delays and links them with services early
Improves parents’ ability to nurture their children