Help Me Grow National Center

 HMG National Center E-Note December 2014

Forum 2015 Agenda

This e-note includes Dr.Dworkin’s blog on reframing the mental health issues, affiliate state updates, HRSA grant opportunities, “Babies on the Omnibus,” MIECHV evaluations, the latest ELLO report, and more.

Help Me Grow Washington recently received word that it will be participating in a new four-year federal grant, “Expectant and Parenting Teens, Women, Fathers and Families.” The grant will focus on four Washington counties with the highest teen pregnancy rates...

Help Me Grow Alameda County shares news of their amazing work! New staff, new volunteers, a new social marketing campaign, a new website and resource directory, and the story of a mom who found help for her son with autism...

On October 19, Help Me Grow Utah and Parent Champion Janae Moss organized a free Halloween party for families with young children at the Thanksgiving Point’s Haunted House in Lehi, Utah. The party included a reptile show, a sneak-peek screening...

In early October, the Institute for Child Success convened its first statewide meeting — the South Carolina Early Childhood Research Symposium. ICS has now posted the presentations given during the symposium on its website, include the plenary session presentations given...

October 5 marked the four-year anniversary of HMG Alameda County’s toll-free phone line to support families and providers with child development information and referrals. Through the phone line, they have provided support to 3,569 children and their families in Alameda...

This e-note covers: The new HMG Directory of Expertise Recording of Medicaid Conference Call Available “Lifelines for Poor Children”: James Heckman Op-Ed in New York Times 8 HMG States to Participate in Multi Million Enhanced Assessment Grants BUILD Initiative Launches...

Earlier this year, HMG Orange County received a grant from the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health to pilot-test a process to identify, track and review challenging cases of families of children with special health care needs. The foundation recently...