Help Me Grow National Center
Announces Partnership to Establish Inaugural
Early Childhood Developmental Health Systems
Evidence to Impact National Center
Funded by the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services
The Help Me Grow National Center, ZERO TO THREE, and the American Academy of Pediatrics will receive funding through a multiyear grant from the Division of Home Visiting and Early Childhood Systems in the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to collaboratively establish a new Early Childhood Developmental Health Systems Evidence to Impact Center (The Center).
The goals of The Center are to:
- Increase implementation and evaluation of evidence-informed, equity-focused, system-level strategies among states;
- Strengthen the evidence base in support of ECD systems-building; and
- Expand delivery of high-quality ECD promotion and support services in pediatric settings through the Transforming Pediatrics for Early Childhood (TPEC) program.
“The HMG National Network’s experience and accomplishments in research, coalition building, governance structures, and system-building were critical contributions to the design of the successful proposal. The Center’s work will enhance the capacity of system-building to strengthen families to promote their children’s optimal health, development, and well-being throughout the nation. The Center will also support pediatrics in leveraging the early childhood system in support of families and young children through the Transforming Pediatrics for Early Childhood program.”
– Kimberly Martini-Carvell, Executive Director
This award acknowledges the capacity of the HMG National Center to facilitate early childhood comprehensive system building and ensure that all families have access to the information and resources that they need to enable their children to thrive.”
– Dr. Paul Dworkin, Founding Director
Read the press release on The Center
