The Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut hosted a First 1000 Days: Off to a Healthy Start forum at the State Capitol on October 19, 2012. An accompanying briefing paper entitled “Connecticut’s Children: Off to a Healthy Start,” includes...
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National Replication of Help Me Grow Policy Brief – June 2012 As resources continue to be egregiously misplaced toward time-consuming, unnecessary, and expensive medical and behavioral health services, health care costs, including Medicaid and Medicare, grow at uncontrollable rates. As...
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Help Me Grow and the Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework Purpose The study evaluates the impact of Help Me Grow (HMG) on family circumstances specifically by looking for indicators that the system is: 1) enhancing protective factors (processes and mechanisms...
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In 2007, HMG Orange County introduced Connection Cafés as a way to develop consistent networking events among agencies that provide developmental and behavioral services to children and families in the County. Each Café includes an update on services from HMG,...
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Study confirming the feasibility and effectiveness of standardized developmental screening in urban primary care settings. Three key findings from the study include standardized developmental screening is feasible in a busy, urban primary care practice; standardized developmental screening is effective in...
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In Fiscal Year 2007/08, Help Me Grow (HMG) introduced Connection Cafés as a way to develop consistent networking events among agencies that provide developmental and behavioral services to children and families in Orange County. Each Café includes an update on...
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) (P.L. 111-5) and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (P.L. 111- 148) made significant investments in health promotion and disease prevention, over and above what is already being invested at the national, state and...
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This letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction highlights the following principles: Early childhood development deserves more resources, not less. Investments in quality early childhood development more than pay for themselves. We can gain money by investing early...
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Engaging Pediatricians in Developmental Screening: The Effectiveness of Academic Detailing Using Academic Detailing to Change Child Health Service Delivery in Connecticut: CHDI’s EPIC Program Why Academic Detailing?