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Family & Community Outreach

SAVE THE DATE for upcoming Family Paloozas!

November 4, 2023 & April 13, 2024

Did you participate in Family Palooza? Did you skip it? Either way, we would love to get feedback from you to help shape upcoming events! Please take a minute to let us know what you think HERE.

Child Health Care Provider Outreach

The next event in the child development series is on May 18th - Pediatric Gait, Presented by Jenna Lisenby, DPT, Valley Kids Therapy

To learn more about this event and the others in this series, visit HERE.

Data Collection & Analysis

Thank you Stacey Anderson for putting together the data from the last quarter of 2022 Help Me Grow Family Resource Navigator intake. We are continuing to work with WithinReach to find out more about the needs of the callers and dig deeper into the raw data!

Food Access and Resource Survey

The Population Health Trust recently launched a Food Security Workgroup to better understand the scope of food security in Skagit County. While information on food security is available at the national and state levels, we lack data that helps us understand specifically which residents and geographies in Skagit County are most impacted by food insecurity. Having local data will allow for the development of goals and strategies specific to the needs of our community. To address this challenge, we will be administering a survey throughout the county during the month May.

We invite all to participate and provide feedback about their experiences. If you have a few minutes to spare, please consider taking the survey. 

Food Access and Resource Survey: English

Food Access and Resource Survey: Spanish

Bright Futures Family Pocket Guide to Raising Health Infants, Children, and Adolescents

The importance of families as equal partners in promoting the health of their children is central to Bright Futures. Family representatives served alongside their professional partners as writers and reviewers of the Bright Futures Guidelines. This 3rd edition of the Family Pocket Guide, as were the previous editions, has been written for and by families to help families and providers partner more effectively in the health care of children.

Available in Spanish here

Children and Screens, Institute of Digital Media and Child Development

“Helping children lead healthy lives in a digital world” Our vision is to understand and address compelling questions regarding media’s impact on child development through interdisciplinary dialogue, public information, and rigorous, objective research bridging the medical, neuroscientific, social science, education and academic communities.

Early Support is Community Care

May 8-12 | 12-1PM

During this free lunchtime series, WithinReach will be highlighting community leaders and important topics such as parent mentoring; decolonizing health care; honoring cultural perinatal practices; promoting positive mental health in infants, toddlers, and their caregivers; and supportive community programs that work to counteract the health disparities Black, Indigenous and families of color face. This event is a free, weeklong virtual series, in hopes of centering an intersectional lens within this work and highlighting the need for early family and child support in our communities.

2023 Maternal Health Tribal Learning Community Series – Maternal Health and Well-Being: Reconnecting Indigenous Lifeways

Tuesday, May 23, 2023 | 11AM

The National Indian Health Board, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is hosting a four-part webinar series to build on the efforts of Tribes and Tribal organizations to address maternal mortality prevention

Maternal Health Equity and Well-being Webinar Series

Start Early is offering a three-part, FREE, virtual learning series about maternal health equity and well-being, designed to build early childhood professional skills in supporting people who are pregnant and/or have recently given birth. Key areas of focus include physical recovery, maternal health warning signs, mental health and wellness, maternal self-care, and systems of social support.

Parenting While Black 2023 / Ser Padres Siendo Negros 2023

Boston Children’s Hospital is hosting a free virtual series, offering a safe and welcoming space to hold conversations for and by Black families. All are welcome to join and engage in these powerful conversations! The series began in March but continues through June. It’s not too late to join! Each webinar is 1 hour followed by a 30-minute Q&A session with parent panelist. Learn more and register for upcoming dates: May 15, June 12 & 26, 12-1:30pm PT

Texting, TV, and Other Forms of Maternal Digital Media Use during Infant Feeding

Lecture recording with Dr. Alison Ventura presented by the University of Washington Barnard Center Lecture Series

Lactation Education Resources - Newborn Feeding Logs

Newborn Feeding Logs Spanish available here

ChildTrends – State-level Data for Understanding Child Welfare in the United States (WA data)

This comprehensive child welfare resource provides state and national data on child maltreatment, foster care, kinship caregiving, permanency, and older youth in care. The data are essential to help policymakers understand how many children and youth come in contact with the child welfare system, and why. States can use this information to ensure that their child welfare systems support the safety, stability, and well-being of all families in their state.

Resources to Support Children’s Emotional Well-Being Amid Anti-Black Racism, Racial Violence, and Trauma provides recommendations for caregivers to support children who have experienced racism or racial trauma. 

Skagit County Rental Assistance Program

Operated by Skagit County Public Health, provides financial assistance to income-eligible Skagit County renters who are struggling to afford rent and utilities through payments to landlords and utility companies. Renters can complete an application online or connect with Skagit Legal Aid for assistance in completing an application. Applicants must meet all of the following criteria to be eligible for Skagit County rental assistance:

1. Have a missed or past due rent payment not paid or partially unpaid since March 1, 2020, and still occupy the residence.
2. Household income is at or below 80% of the Area Median Income.
3. Household resides in Skagit County.

Perinatal Support of Washington – Free Perinatal Mental Health Consultations for your workplace

Through this project, we are able to provide perinatal mental health consultation and support to WA state organizations who would like to improve or implement perinatal mental health programming.

• Consultation on perinatal mental health screening. Implement a new screening program or review, improve, or add to a current screening program. 
• Consultation for direct service teams. Have a perinatal mental health specialist join your team meeting to support staff with screening, resources, and/or provide case consultation.   
• Consultation to start perinatal mental health programming. Start a support group, peer support services, or learn ways to include perinatal mental health knowledge and awareness within the scope of your work.  

Need something not listed here? Reach out!  

ChildCare Aware NW - Bilingual Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant (ARPA funding) – will serve only Skagit County

Opportunity Council is a private, non-profit Community Action Agency serving homeless and low-income families and individuals. Our mission is to help people improve their lives through education, support, and direct assistance while advocating for just and equitable communities. For over 50 years we have offered a broad scope of services that range from addressing immediate and crisis-oriented needs (food, emergency shelter, eviction-prevention) to longer-term programs that promote self-sufficiency in our community (early childhood education, home weatherization).