F2F : Family to Family

F2F

Family-to-Family

Welcome to OFSN F2F (Family-to-Family) Corner, specially made for Oregon families and caregivers of children and/or adolescents with special needs. Through this program, we provide support to family members including telephone support, information and resource referral, advocacy support, training and more.

Our toll-free phone number is 1-800-323-8521.

Children and familyi members sitting outdoors at a picnic table; a little boy putting his ear to the tummy of a little girl wearing a helmet standing in the arms of her caretaker

Here are some important links:

1. OCCYSHN - Oregon Center for Children and Youth with Special Health Needs

503-494-4219

1-877-307-7070 - ext 44219 (Toll-Free)

http://www.ohsu.edu/cdrc/oscshn/

2. CACOON - Public Health Nurse Home Visiting and Care Coordination

1-877-307-7070 ext 44219 (Toll-Free)

http://www.ohsu.edu/cdrc/oscshn/community/nursing1.php

3. Oregon Medical Home Project

http://www.ohsu.edu/outreach/cdrc/medicalhome/index.html

4. ENCC - Exceptional Needs Care Coordination

5. OSNT - Oregon Special Needs Trust

1-877-581-2726 (Toll-Free)

http://www.arcoregon.org/osnt.htm

6. Oregon Council on Developmental Disabilities

1-800-292-4154 (Toll-Free)

http://ocdd.org/index.php/ocdd/

7. Disability Rights Oregon (formerly Oregon Advocacy Center)

1-800-452-1694 (Toll-Free)

http://www.disabilityrightsoregon.org/

http://www.disabilityrightsoregon.org/resources/7-links

Family-to-Family

Health Information Centers

Family-to-Family (F2F) Health Information Centers are funded through a grant from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, a division of HRSA.

Family-to-Family Centers work directly with families of children with disabilities and/or special health care needs to provide health information, education and family and youth support. The Oregon Family-to-Family Health Information Project has trained application assistors for The Healthy Kids Program who help families apply for the children’s health insurance program. We are also involved in a Latino training pilot which provides equipment, interpreters and translation services for training Latino families in leadership, health information, disability specific information, and parenting skills. Our partners include Multnomah ESD, the Latino Learning Community, and Hispano El Programo. We will also soon have a Family to Family Health Information toll-free line for parents to call for information and referral. Other projects Oregon F2F is involved in include the Western States Genetic Services Collaborative, the OPAL-K project, the Autism Commission’s subcommittee on education redesign, and the Equal Access Coalition, which is dedicated to ensuring that all Oregonians have access to adequate, affordable health care.