Join us!

WHO: Calling ALL Josephine County residents. We want your voice on the PNTF. We truly value input from community members who are passionate about lowering the infant mortality rates in Josephine County! If you are a community member and interested in joining the Perinatal Task Force, please contact Erin Green. 

MEETING LOCATION: The in-person location will be at the Growing Together Family Community Center. Click here for the virtual location on ZOOM.

PERINATAL TASK FORCE (PNTF): The Perinatal Period is the timeframe before, during, and after pregnancy. The PNTF brings people together to learn, plan, and facilitate projects to improve health outcomes for women, infants, and families in Josephine County. The Perinatal Task Force is a collective impact group focused on improving health outcomes for our communities by centering on the perinatal period — before, during, and after pregnancy.

Our goals are set collaboratively, and are guided by Perinatal Task Force members, community partners, and Healthy Start staff. They include:

• Develop & use a collective impact network
• Increase service coordination and systems integration
• Promote community engagement and cross-sector collaboration
• Offer trainings and community events related to infant and maternal health
• Improve awareness of health equity and the social determinants of health

CURRENT PROJECT: Currently, the PNTF is working on a project to improve access to fact-based, comprehensive, culturally responsive resources on reproductive health & family planning for teens and women in Josephine County. The project involves mining resources that are both accurate and relevant to each target population. Then distributing small wallet-sized cards with a QR code that goes directly to a resource hub curated specifically for teens or women. For more information on this project, please check out this project overview. We plan on doing some outreach events to get out into the community and welcome anyone interested in partnering with us on this project.

MORE INFORMATION:

• 1 Page Project Overview of Current Project

• Example of Past PNTF Project: Welcome Baby Resource Guide

CONTACT: Erin Green (she/her) is the Community Outreach & Engagement Coordinator for Josephine County.  Please reach out to her for more information on the Josephine County PNTF. Erin can be reached at or 541-690-6658.