Welcome to OFSN's Family to Family Health Information and Education Center.  We work directly with families of children with special health care needs to provide health information, education and family and youth support, including telephone support, information and resource referral, advocacy, training and more.

Experienced family members providing information and assistanct to families:

• Locating community resources
• Information on special health care needs (including behavioral, emotional and mental health issues)
• Information on health care coverage for children, public insurance programs and more

 Do your kids have health care coverage? 

 Healthy Kids  is a new program which offers free or low cost health coverage for all uninsured kids and teens up to  their 19th birthday.  No family makes too much money for the Healthy Kids Program. Employed or unemployed--even middle income families qualify.  For example, a family of four with $66,000 annual income qualifies. The program covers all the health care kids need: doctor visits, hospitalizations, prescriptions, dental, vision, chemical dependency, and mental health counseling.

Healthy Kids Program: 1-877-314-5678

Need help applying for The Healthy Kids Program?  We have trained application assistors who can provide information about the program and help you in the application process.  Don't see your area in the list below?  Call our toll free Health Information Line for application assistors in you area. 

OFSN application assistors:

• Metro Area:  503-929-0011
• Mid Columbia:   541-490-3900
• Benton Co.  541-740-6306
• Clackamas:  503 675-2295
• Mid-Valley: 503-709-1366 or 503-475-9131

• Eugene:  541-342-2876

   

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)

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

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

3.   Oregon Medical Home Project

4.   Oregon Special Needs Trust                                                  

• 1-877-581-2726 (Toll-Free)    

6.   Oregon Council on Developmental Disabilities

• 1-800-292-4154 (Toll-Free)

7.   Disability Rights Oregon (DRO Resources)

      (formerly Oregon Advocacy Center)

•       1-800-452-1694 (Toll-Free)

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

Other projects we are involved in include 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 are also invovled in 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.