A new article published on the front page of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) describes powerful research that suggests many disparities in health and well-being have roots that can be traced to stressors in early childhood, such as poverty, neighborhood safety and...
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Webinar 4 From Making Change Webinar Series System advocacy: shared policy priorities of HMG
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This new joint policy statement, released by the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services, includes a recommendation for states to adopt a centralized intake, screening and referral process similar to the Help Me Grow Model. The report, which...
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Opportunities for Care Coordination and Case Management for Children Receiving Services for Developmental Delay This brief, produced by the Urban Institute, examines states’ Medicaid and CHIP policy choices and new opportunities under heath reform and other federal legislation to develop...
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As states continue efforts to create effective early childhood development systems for children and families, a new report published by the BUILD Initiative offers four essential components: early learning; health, mental health and nutrition; family support; and special needs/early intervention....
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We employed principles from a nationally recognized prevention model on family support to investigate whether connecting vulnerable children to community-based programs and services through a statewide intervention system, the Help Me Grow program, strengthens parents’ perceptions of protective factors. We...
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by Paul H. Dworkin, MD “In 2002, in response to research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggesting that autism rates were at least 10 times higher than found in previous studies, Congress mandated the establishment of...
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Keynote address from HMG Forum 2014
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Study findings indicate that referrals to Help Me Grow and subsequent linkages to community-based programs and services enhance protective factors, and perhaps even mitigate risk factors. By enhancing protective factors, the Help Me Grow system successfully promotes children’s healthy development.
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