Updated on April 11, 2025
The first-ever National Home Visiting Week takes place April 21-25, an observance to celebrate and recognize home visitors and the positive impact they make on maternal and child health outcomes.
Here at DELC, we celebrate and honor Home Visitors who play an important role in supporting a healthy and thriving community!
We have multiple programs with Home Visiting services included within the service model:
- Healthy Families Oregon (HFO)
- Relief Nurseries
- Oregon Prenatal to Kindergarten (OPK)
- Early Head Start
What are home visitors and what do they do for Oregon’s communities?
Home visiting connects pregnant and parenting families of young children to trained family support professionals who provide customized coaching and guidance through pregnancy and the early stages of a child’s development. Using a variety of evidence based models, home visiting supports healthy birth outcomes, increases family self sufficiency, and helps children enter school fully prepared to succeed.
Home visiting and DELC
DELC partners with various state and local agencies, as well as community organizations, to coordinate home visiting services across the state. Here is an overview of how DELC supports home visiting across Oregon.
Regional and Local Partners:
- Early Learning Hubs: Hubs have a role in connecting and coordinating early learning services, including home visiting programs.
- Center for Coordinating Oregon Home Visiting Systems (CCOHVS): CCOHVS serves as a program-neutral backbone for supporting state and regional coordination of prenatal and early childhood home visiting services. Their work provides increased capacity to support regional and state early childhood leaders.
- Home Visiting Collaborative: DELC staff, other state agency’s staff, and representatives from home visiting programs meet regularly to share successes and challenges at the local, regional, and state level.
Partnerships with other state agencies
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and DELC meet regularly to coordinate home visiting programs, ensuring that families receive comprehensive health and developmental support. DELC also partners with the Department of Human Services (DHS) to leverage resources and to coordinate support services.
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