“Our country is at a tipping point, and our children’s futures hang in the balance.” As a member of the National Collaborative for Infants and Toddlers – a coalition comprised of more than 2,500 local, state and national organizations representing...
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HELP ME GROW NATIONAL CENTER SECURES GENEROUS INVESTMENT TO MITIGATE IMPACT OF POVERTY ON YOUNG CHILDREN AND FAMILIES Help Me Grow National Center, a program of Connecticut Children’s Office for Community Child Health, will further its support of vulnerable children...
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FROM THE FIELD When Collective Impact Has an Impact A new report on collective impact from ORS Impact and the Spark Policy Institute addresses the question, to what extent and under what conditions does the collective impact approach contribute...
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By Paul Dworkin, MD Authors of Can Measures Change the World? are challenging us to not measure more, but instead focus our collective efforts on finding measures that accurately represent systems (the whole). Little attention or energy is dedicated to...
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Erin Cornell, MPH, Von Jessee, MA, and Paul Dworkin, MD Very often we are asked the question “what is the evidence base for Help Me Grow?” When Help Me Grow (HMG) was first introduced as ChildServ in 1997, a number...
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FROM THE FIELD Congress Funds CHIP Through March Congress has agreed to inject nearly $3 billion into the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to preserve funding through March. The money is included in a short-term spending bill to keep the...
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FROM THE FIELD Publication – The New Importance of Children in America: A Wake-up Call for Policymakers Massive demographic changes create challenges, elevate economic role of next generation Ensuring children’s health and well-being in the U.S. has never...
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From The Field Strengthening Families Is Seeking Your HMG Input How do you use the Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework in your work? Where do you see needs and opportunities in your community to apply a protective factors approach?...
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Join us for the 9th Annual Help Me Grow National Forum! April 4-6, 2018 With record-breaking registration of HMG affiliates across the country, the 2018 Forum will feature three days of content delivered through affiliate-driven breakout sessions, Washington host...
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From The Field State Budgets Include Early Childhood Wins for Some HMG States The ZERO TO THREE Policy Network has reported gains to early childhood supports in recently passed state budgets for three HMG states:...