Help Me Grow National
Virtual Forum
December 10, 2024
2024 Theme:
Building and Sustaining Early Childhood Systems
Virtual event sessions available on demand for 90 days for all registrants!
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- Select “Schedule” in the top ribbon, then “On Demand” to view.
Registrants are able to log in and view all sessions until March 10, 2025.
Annual Help Me Grow
In-Person Summit | October 11-13, 2023
Virtual Forum | October 17, 2023
Co-Hosted with HMG North Texas
The 14th Annual HMG National Forum embraced thirteen years of experience hosting the Forum both in-person and virtually and offered the best of all worlds with the first Forum Week In-Person Summit and Virtual Event. In total, Forum Week 2023 consisted of two full in-person days and one virtual day of presentations and networking featuring 93 speakers and over 540 attendees from 36 states. Co-hosted by HMG North Texas, the agenda for the two events featured HMG affiliate-led content sessions, national partner-led intensive sessions, two keynote addresses, and networking opportunities.
Annual Help Me Grow
Virtual Forum | September 21-23, 2022
Co-Hosted with HMG Florida
The 13th Annual HMG National Virtual Forum consisted of four half-days of presentations, featuring 94 speakers and 64 sessions. Co-hosted by Help Me Grow Florida, the agenda featured HMG affiliate-led content sessions, national speakers, poster presentations, and networking opportunities.
Annual Help Me Grow
Virtual Forum | September 21-23, 2021
Co-Hosted with HMG Indiana
The 12th Annual HMG National Virtual Forum consisted of four half-days of presentations, featuring 107 speakers and 72 sessions. Co-hosted by Help Me Grow Indiana, the agenda featured HMG affiliate-led content sessions, national speakers, poster presentations, exhibitor booths and networking opportunities. Sessions this year included content focusing on advancing equity, Infant mental health principles, strategies for universal developmental screening, and the importance of centering parents and families in our collective work. In addition, this year’s Forum featured three Keynote and Plenary Addresses: Dr. Dina Lieser from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Dr. Wendy Ellis of the Center for Community Resilience, and Dr. David Williams from the Harvard School of Public Health.
As a safe alternative to coming together in person, the HMG National Center hosted a Virtual HMG Forum on September 20-23, 2021.
Annual Help Me Grow
Virtual Forum | August 10-12, 2020
The 11th Annual HMG National Virtual Forum consisted of three half-days of presentations, featuring approximately 12 hours of content. Sessions this year included content focusing on Child Health Provider engagement, Infant mental health principles, Strategies for connecting with and supporting indigenous and tribal communities, and the importance of centering parents and families in our collective work. In addition, we were delighted to welcome again, our 2019 HMG National Forum Keynote, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, for an engaging, moderated session to provide her expertise in the context of our current public health crisis, COVID-19, and our national movement for a more equitable society, in the context of Help Me Grow.
As a safe alternative to coming together in person, the HMG National Center hosted a Virtual HMG Forum on August 10-12, 2020 via Zoom Webinar. Access the recordings, slides, and materials from all sessions below.
Materials and recordings of the 2020 Virtual Forum are available to affiliates of the HMG National Network here.
