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| OMC Program Phone: 971-673-2015 |
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This number will reach the current program coordinator.
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| Supporting Healthy Pregnancies |
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Oregon MothersCare provides low-cost services that help women begin the path to prenatal care.
OMC sites help to streamline the process to make it faster and less confusing for Oregon families.
This program helps women with:
- Pregnancy testing
- Applying for the Oregon Health Plan
- Making their first prenatal care appointment with a doctor, nurse practitioner or midwife
- Making a dental appointment
- Information about the WIC program that gives women nutrition education and healthy food
- Information about Maternity Case Management services their community offers
- Other information and services that may be available to them
Find an Oregon MothersCare Site
Find an OMC site in your county:
For assistance in finding an Oregon MothersCare site near you, contact:
Tara Walker
Office of Family Health
Oregon MothersCare Program
tara.n.walker@state.or.us
(971) 673-0347
About Oregon MothersCare
Many women do not get early prenatal care because they:
- Do not have health coverage or cannot afford care
- Do not know what services are available to them
- Find ‘the system’ to access care confusing or overwhelming
In 1998, private and public agencies met to find a way to make sure prenatal care would be available to ALL women in Oregon during their first 3 months of pregnancy. The result of their meetings was the creation of the Oregon MothersCare Program (OMC).
Oregon MothersCare started with five sites in January of 2000 and now has twenty-nine sites as of December of 2009. In 2008, the program helped 5,111 women get information about pregnancy, prenatal care, and the next steps towards a healthy pregnancy.
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| What to Expect at an Oregon MothersCare Visit |
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- A low or no cost pregnancy test, if you need one.
- Help applying for the Oregon Health Plan (call ahead so you know what to bring).
- Learn how to make a prenatal appointment and dental appointment early in pregnancy.
- A chance to ask questions.
- Learn about things you can do to stay healthy for you and your baby.
- Connections to programs like nutrition assistance from WIC or other helpful resources.
- Excellent staff who work with pregnant women every day.
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