Home Visiting
Douglas County—Community UpLift Home Visiting Referral
If you live in Douglas County and would like to explore your options for home visiting services, you can fill out this easy referral form to help you connect with all available programs:
“One thing I love about HCCSO, is that we meet people where they are at. Not just location; but wherever they are starting from when we meet them.”
– Shanel Mahr, Board Member
Nurse Visiting
Babies First is a program for families with children age 0-5. This program offers home visits and support to families for breastfeeding, infant health, developmental milestones, and ensuring home safety. Nurses can support you with information about how to keep your baby healthy and when you might need to see a doctor, understanding your child’s development, and supporting issues with breastfeeding. You can learn more about this program by visiting:
CaCoon is a program for families with children 0-21 who have (or who are at risk for) a chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional condition. Children served through this program require health and related services beyond what is typically required by most children. CaCoon nurses help families coordinate care, identify your child’s strengths and needs, and help gather information to help you make decisions about your child’s health needs.
If you want to learn more about CaCoon, please visit:
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“HCCSO strives to learn people’s needs and connect with them in a way that is specifically effective for them.”
– Shanel Mahr, Board Member
Healthy Families
Healthy Families is a family support and parent education home-visiting program. Staff are trained in an infant mental health approach, with the belief that early, nurturing relationships are the foundation for life-long, healthy development. Healthy Families focuses on strengthening the parent-child relationship, and home visits support parents in cultivating and strengthening a nurturing, positive relationship with their baby at each visit.
Healthy Families services are available in many communities in Oregon. Learn more about it here:
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“When a family’s basic needs are being met they are able to better connect with each other and being a part of watching that happen is special.”
– Rachel Riehl, Aviva Health
Early Head Start
Early Head Start services can begin during pregnancy, and are available to support families with children through age three via home visits or center-based support. Most children enrolled in these programs qualify because of income status, but children can also qualify if they have disabilities or are in foster care. Key services provided by Early Head Start include early education, health, nutrition, family strengthening and information and referral.
Want to learn more about Early Head Start? Visit:
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“I do this work because I really enjoy working with families and watching them thrive, whether that is assisting in finding a job, getting started breastfeeding, or watching a parent intact with their child while doing infant massage.”
– Rachel Riehl, Aviva Health
Family Development Center
(Douglas County Only)
“When a community comes together to build a coordinated referral system, families and children benefit. It allows families to decide what services best meet their needs. Families no longer need to search for services, services come to them.”
– Vanessa Pingleton, Community UpLift
Project Baby Check & Healthy Start
(Josephine County Only)
Siskiyou Community Health Center offers home visiting programs for families with infants up to age three. SCHC uses a relationship-based approach and offers learning experiences that are relevant and customized for the individual needs of each family and child. They provide home visitations, monthly playgroups, parenting classes, books and educational materials, nutrition and fitness classes, transportation services and much more.