Family Connects Expands Throughout Frederick County

Jodi Wahba on November 25, 2024

Family Connects is expanding in Frederick County, offering more families access to nurse home visits through our universal nurse home visiting program. After a year of successful visits and positive outcomes, Family Connects Frederick County is growing to reach even more families and newborns, enhancing community health and support. This expansion highlights Family Connects’ effectiveness in fostering stronger, healthier families.
“We’ve already seen what a great momentum Family Connects has for families that are delivering maybe at Frederick Health, but I feel like those moms, or those families, may not know about the visits that are delivering at other hospitals where we have staff in those hospitals to sign them up for a visit.” -Lori Sprecher, Family Connects Nurse
“…[Family Connects Nurse] brought a lot of formula which really supported my child because she had to be breastfed and formula fed due to her weight, so I thoroughly enjoyed it” -Alyssa Frederick, New Mother

Watch now: https://www.yahoo.com/news/family-connects-program-expands-across-031841655.html?guccounter=1

Family Connects Oregon Featured on CNN

Jodi Wahba on September 24, 2024

Watch as Family Connects Nurse, Barbara Ibrahim, shows CNN’s Medical Correspondent, Meg Tirrell, what a typical home visit looks like! CLICK TO WATCH

Family Connects International is dedicated to supporting families during those crucial early weeks after bringing a newborn home through our Nurse Home Visiting program. With the help of Family Connects nurses, we’re empowering parents and ensuring they have the resources they need to thrive.

   

 

Family Connects Oregon Highlighted on CNN

Jodi Wahba on September 3, 2024


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Family Connects Oregon was highlighted on CNN, shedding light on the pivotal role FCI’s Universal Nurse Home Visiting program has on reducing infant mortality and addressing health challenges faced by mothers, including anxiety and postpartum depression.


Family Connects Oregon Highlighted in NPR Article

Jodi Wahba on July 24, 2024

FC Oregon Nurse, Barb Ibrahim, visits with Amber and Matt Luman and their new daughter, Esserley.

Family Connects
Highlighted
In NPR Article!


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[Family Connects] “offers any family with a new baby a no-cost visit at home with a trained nurse…It’s the state’s response to a grim, American reality: The U.S. has one of the highest death rates of any wealthy nation for infants and new mothers. And no wonder. After birth, the only support many families in the U.S. can count on is the occasional, 15-minute check-in at the pediatrician’s office. A safety net made of gossamer. Now, Oregon is trying to change that.”
“Around 1 in 7 new mothers in the U.S. report postpartum depression…A study of Family Connects in Durham found mothers in the program were 30% less likely to experience possible postpartum depression or anxiety.”
“…Family Connects also found a big drop in Child Protective Services investigations into parents…[along with] a big drop in the number of trips new parents were making to the emergency room.”

Family Connects International Celebrates 2 Years!

Jodi Wahba on July 17, 2024

https://familyconnects.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/fcis-2-YEAR-ANNIVERSARY.mp4

Family Connects International is proud to celebrate our 2nd anniversary as a nonprofit organization in July! Over the past 2 years, we have remained committed to assisting our community partners in caring for newborns and their families through our universal nurse home visiting program! We want to thank our community partners, nurses, and staff for their dedication to the FCI mission of providing equitable care for newborns and families.

Special thanks to Welcome Baby of Durham, NC for the opportunity for the FCI team to commemorate this milestone meaningfully by volunteering. The FCI team sized and labeled maternity clothing as well as prepared information packets!  

 



Family Connects Chicago Highlighted in Healthy Chicago Podcast

Jodi Wahba on June 21, 2024

Nancy Segall (Clinical Director at Beyond the Baby Blues) and

Monica Mitchell (CDPH Public Health Administrator)

Monica Mitchell and Nancy Segall discuss the importance of maternal mental health and available resources to support mothers at a crucial time.

Listen:

https://spoti.fi/3X1zA54

https://apple.co/3UYcqKm

Watch:

https://buff.ly/4evzQQi

FCI, works with community partners across the USA, such as Family Connects Chicago, to ensure ALL newborns and families receive equitable and quality health care, support and resources.