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Project Nurture

Health Share started Project Nurture in 2014, a Center of Excellence model that provides integrated medical care, addiction treatment, advocacy and support for pregnant people who use or have used substances.

Project Nurture Believes People Need and Deserve Support for Recovery and Safe and Healthy Parenting

Project Nurture is a Center of Excellence model that provides integrated medical care, addiction treatment, advocacy and support for pregnant people who use or have used substances.

It is a holistic, team-based program, centered around peer support and founded on harm reduction and trauma-informed care principles.

All sites offer: 

  • Pregnancy care with a midwife or doctor 

  • Addiction treatment with a licensed counselor  

  • Medications for Opioid Use Disorder 

  • Case management and advocacy for accessing community resources 

  • Peer support from other pregnant people, peer mentors and/or doulas 

  • Consultation for interested patients and providers

Watch these videos to learn more about our work:

Impact of Project Nurture:

Project Nurture Integrates Care And Services To Improve Outcomes For Opioid-Dependent Mothers And Their Children

Health Affairs, April 2020

Project Nurture Final Report, 2018 

by Keri B Vartanian, Kyle Jones et al.

How to Access Project Nurture:

To access Project Nurture, find your health plan and call the number listed. Ask for information on Project Nurture. If you don’t know your health plan, contact the location closest to you.

  • Contact:

    (855)SEE-CODA

    Locations:

    • CODA

      1027 E Burnside St

      Portland, OR 97214

    • OHSU

      3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd

      Portland, OR 97239

  • Contact:

    (971)413-8065

    Locations:

    • Interstate Medical Office East

      3550 N Interstate Ave

      Portland, OR 97227

    • Rockwood Medical Office

      19500 SW Stark St

      Portland, OR 97233

    • Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center

      10180 SW Sunnyside Rd

      Clackamas, OR 97015

    • Kaiser Westside Medical Center

      875 NE Stucki Ave,

      Hillsboro, OR 97214

  • Contact:

    (503) 413-4500

    Locations:

    • Legacy Midwifery Clinic

      2800 N Vancouver Ave Suite 255

      Portland, OR 97227

    • Legacy Emanuel Randall Children’s Hospital

      2801 N Gantenbein Ave

      Portland, OR 97227

  • Contact:

    (503)261-4423

    Locations:

    • East Portland Family Medicine

      10101 SE Main St. Suite #1001

      Portland, OR 97216

    • Adventist Health Portland

      10123 SE Market St.

      Portland, OR 97216

  • Contact:

    (503)418-3900

    Locations:

    • Richmond Clinic

      3930 SE Division St

      Portland, OR 97202

    • OHSU

      3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd

      Portland, OR 97239

  • Contact:

    Milwaukie: (503)349-9443

    North Portland: (503)349-9443

    Locations:

    • Milwaukie Family Medicine

      10330 SE 32nd Ave

      Milwaukie, OR 97222

    • North Portland Family Medicine

      4920 N Interstate Ave

      Portland, OR 97217