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Hood River News, Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Family support starts at birth with Home Visiting Connection
If you have visited your
medical provider recently,
you
may
have
seen
brochures that advertise a
Home Visiting Connection.
The idea behind this pro-
gram it is that everyone
needs support with families
at some time, regardless of a
person’s education, back-
ground, income, and ethnici-
ty.
T his
pro g ram
was
launched April 1 and is the
result of a collaborative ef-
fort by many local agencies
and a local initiative, Keep-
ing Families Together.
This initiative will hope-
fully improve connections
and referrals to the many
local agencies that support
families in Hood River, ac-
cording to Terri Vann of the
Keeping Families First coor-
dinating agency. Vann said
Home Visiting Connection
will help f amilies from
falling through the cracks
when it comes to needed ser-
vices and supports.
This process started with
a group of representatives
from agencies sitting down
and discussing how to best
serve all of our parents, fam-
ilies and children in our
area. This included agencies
from Hood River County as
well as Wasco, Sherman and
Gilliam.
Providence Hood River
Memorial Hospital provided
a bonus to the team, accord-
ing to Vann. Jan Brauer, a
local Labor and Delivery
Nurse, joined the team and
provided the needed back-
ground in ter ms of new
moms and the connection to
local providers in Hood
River County.
Wasco County had already
been using a similar system,
with all prenatal support
going through one provider
office. But Hood River has
six offices delivering babies,
as well as NW Pediatrics,
who serves children.
A simple survey was devel-
oped for parents, and a
brochure was created with
general information about
the Home Visiting Connec-
tion and where to call to ac-
cess services.
The process went live
April 1 in three of the local
provider offices and has now
A UTHOR
$100 — the stranger said no,
of course — and Jiang fled
the scene, he said, in embar-
rassment afterwards. His
second day — a request for a
burger refill at a restaurant
— was also met with a no.
“But then something
strange happened,” Jiang
told the students. “People
started saying yes.”
His first yes was at a
Krispy Kreme, where the
manager went out of her
way to make doughnuts in
the shape and colors of the
Olympic rings (which she
gave to him for free for mak-
ing her day). That doughnut
video got over 5 million
views and inspired a lot of
people.
“And it turned out that
everyone is afraid of rejec-
tion,” Jiang said.
The more he put himself
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sage), effectively killing the
company before it even
began. By then, he was living
in the United States, on a six-
month sabbatical from his
corporate job with a wife and
newborn son, and the rejec-
tion crushed him.
But it led him down a new
path: How does a person
overcome the fear of rejec-
tion? He created the 100 Days
of Rejection Therapy pro-
ject, using an iPhone to film
his rejections and uploading
the videos to YouTube. It’s
this experience that he
chronicles in “Rejection
Proof.”
He started out by asking a
stranger if he could borrow
enting support, referrals to
local services, home visiting,
birth-to-5 educational ser-
vices, and food support. They
can provide support with ba-
bies when questions arise
about feeding, sleeping, de-
velopment, and how to tell if
your baby is ill.
For families, there is sup-
port for preschool and child-
care, concerns with your
child’s behavior, transporta-
tion needs, and food related
issues or concerns.
For women in general, the
Home Visiting Connection
can provide support for
women who may not feel safe
in their home, are feeling
blue after the birth of a
child, have breastfeeding
concerns, want to get preg-
nant, or want to connect with
other moms.
Ultimately, all referrals go
through the Health Depart-
ment, so if someone needs
support, they can contact
them directly: Hood River
Health Department, 541-386-
115,or North Central Public
Health District in T he
Dalles, 541-506-2600.
expanded to three more.
These offices are now admin-
istering surveys to all con-
senting expectant mothers at
20 weeks into their pregnan-
cy.
The survey is then sent to
the local Health Department,
where it is reviewed for any
possible need for support
from agencies mentioned
above, and support with
breastfeeding, parenting
groups or medical support.
The screening can also in-
clude family support for chil-
dren and teens ages 0-21.
As the process broadens,
the process will be expanded
to any entities that have di-
rect access to children such
as the school district. It is es-
sentially a “one stop shop-
ping” for families in Hood
River and North Central ser-
vice areas.
Once the survey is re-
viewed by the Home Visiting
Connection team, support
may be offered within two
weeks by any applicable
agency. Many families may
not need any support, but
every new mom will receive
a Welcome Baby Packet,
which includes information,
baby books and supplies for
new moms.
“Again, the goal is to reach
every pregnant woman mid-
pregnancy and to begin con-
necting them to services
prior to the birth, as well as
serving every child through
age 21 who may also qualify
for the broad program offer-
ings,” Vann said.
Examples of services
available are car seat infor-
mation and support for ob-
taining one, welcome baby
visits, play groups and par-
out there, the larger his com-
fort zone grew. And, con-
versely, he also learned how
to say no.
Rejection, he said, is really
a numbers g ame: Ask
enough people and you will
eventually get a yes. He cited
J.K. Rowling, whose “Harry
Potter” series received 12
noes from publishers before
getting a yes.
“Rejection is really just an
opinion,” he said. “And opin-
ion is the cheapest resource
on earth.
“Rejection says more
about the rejecter than the
rejected,” he added.
He urged students to not
let fear of rejection get in the
way of living their lives. “Go
after your dreams. Start
businesses, ask for a raise.
“Don’t be ignored by the
world.”
AUTHOR JIA JIANG of “Rejection Proof” speaks at the Hood River Valley High School cafeteria, in
what was his first book tour talk with a high school audience.
WHO’S INVOLVED?
Health departments for both
Hood River and Wasco counties,
MCCC Head Start/ Early Head
Start, OCDC/Migrant Head
Start, Next Door, Early Interven-
tion, PacificSource Community
Solutions, Providence Hood
River Memorial Hospital, Mid-
Columbia Medical Center, and
Keeping Families Together,
which is a prevention program
funded through Casey Family
Programs.
The Home Visiting Connection
brochure is availabe at the Hood
River Health Department.
Photo by Patrick Mulvihill
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