BY MORGAN REISS Historically, the field of early identification has been narrowly understood through the lens of early intervention: developmental concerns, delays, risk factors, and disorders must be identified and corrected as soon as possible in young children to re-align...
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BY MORGAN REISS Child care workers were considered essential employees during the height of the pandemic, but the value implied by that label is not being reflected in funding choices. Given the opportunity to drastically expand access to child care...
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BY: SARAH ZUCKER The Help Me Grow (HMG) National Center envisions early childhood systems that share power with the families they serve, are driven by co-developed goals, and enhance conditions for promoting equity and inclusiveness. This is a vision. And...
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The Center for the Study of Social Policy is expanding their two sister early childhood networks — EC-LINC and Parent Leader Network — and are looking for up to six communities to be part of both networks. CSSP is seeking...
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BY PAUL H. DWORKIN The recent publication of an article, “Evidence-Informed Milestones for Developmental Surveillance Tools,” in the journal, Pediatrics, has attracted considerable attention from pediatricians, early care and education providers, and parents. I am hopeful that the interest in...
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“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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BY DR. PAUL DWORKIN & KIMBERLY MARTINI-CARVELL A 1997 pilot study in Hartford, CT showed promising results. Other states took notice, a National Center was born, and communities across the country began implementing the HMG Model. Twenty years later, a...
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BY LYNN PULLANO On December 11, 2020 a novel funding opportunity was issued by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) that piqued the interest of Help Me Grow (HMG) affiliates: the Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Health Integration Prenatal-to-Three...
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We did not need a global pandemic, devastated economy, exhausted public health and human service infrastructure, and a spate of concurrent racist murders across the country to make us face reality. BY KIMBERLY MARTINI-CARVELL In the recent publication Child Health...
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BY DR. PAUL DWORKIN With great sadness, I share my reflections on the passing of our dear friend and beloved colleague, Joanna Bogin. As many of you know, Joanna was the first manager of the Help Me Grow (HMG) National...