Children's Health
You want to keep your children healthy but at times it is difficult to know where to get the help that you are looking for.
Call 1-800-723-3638 (SAFENET) or use our Resource Directory to find children's medical help.
Healthy Kids
Healthy Kids is our state's new plan to provide access to health insurance for all children. Visit www.oregonhealthykids.gov for more information.
Immunizations
Be sure that your child’s immunizations are up-to-date. Click here for the most up-to-date immunization chart in English and in Spanish.
Find out more about Oregon’s school immunization law and resources for parents and schools at the Oregon state web page on immunizations, or call the Oregon Immunization Program at (971) 673-0300.
Call SAFENET to get information about:
- Immunizations
- Breastfeeding and nutrition
- Parenting information and support
- Well-child checkups
- Developmental testing
- Child Abuse Hotlines
- Emotional support and information for parents of children with disabilities
- Oregon Health Plan
- Help for new parents
- Summer food programs
- Health care for teens
- And more…….
School Exclusion
Every year children are excluded from school because they are not up-to-date with their immunizations. If your child does not have the required immunizations by the first Wednesday of February, you will receive a letter saying that your child will be excluded from school or childcare starting on the 3rd Wednesday of February.
Other Helpful Links
- Prenatal and Newborn Resource Guide – This is a very helpful book and it’s free!
- Child Abuse – Find information and where to turn for help if you have concerns about child abuse.
- Child Care – Here is an agency that helps parents find day care for their children.
- Nutrition – SNAP (Food stamps) and WIC go a long way to help parents provide healthy foods for their children.
- Beehive – A great resource for parents on topics ranging from money, jobs, homeownership, schools, etc.
- Oregon Child Development Coalition– An agency with locations around the state of Oregon that prepares children for school by providing Head Start and Pre-Kindergarten programs.