BY DR. PAUL DWORKIN Heeding a Call to Action As the COVID-19 pandemic began to accelerate, our Help Me Grow (HMG) National Center team members immediately began considering how to best address the needs of families during this crisis. In...
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By: Paul H. Dworkin, MD I am privileged to have the opportunity to speak with audiences around the country about the dissemination of the Help Me Grow model and its role in early childhood comprehensive system building. Each speaking engagement...
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BY STEPHANIE LUCZAK, LMSW The greatest catalyst to promote children’s optimal healthy development is all of us. A key element of the Help Me Grow system model requires communities to identify and organize existing resources that enhance health and well-being...
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BY KIMBERLY MARTINI-CARVELL Regardless of whether you are considering policy priorities, funding opportunities, workforce development initiatives, health outcomes, or a whole slew of other examples, it is now commonly recognized that our goals are best served by abandoning an “either/or”...
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BY CASSANDRA THERRIAULT, MPH Measuring the effectiveness of our efforts to build strong early childhood systems is not an easy thing to do, but this heavy lift is central to my new role at the Help Me Grow National Center....
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Get to Know an Affiliate is a blog series focused on building affiliate-to-affiliate connections and resource sharing. At the 10th Help Me Grow National Forum, Debra Dudack, Communications Manager at Connecticut Children’s Office for Community Child Health, sat down with...
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We know the early years of life are critical to laying the foundation for children’s academic and life success. One of the most powerful ways parents and caregivers can build a strong foundation for children is through back and forth...
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The Help Me Grow National Forum is the annual convening of Help Me Grow (HMG) affiliates from across the country to discuss how we can collectively promote the optimal healthy development of young children across the country. When I first...
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The day was a typical one. My daughters excitedly engaged in playtime, reading, and making a mess all over the house. Of course, they argued from time to time. There really were no signs that anything was amiss, until my...
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We all read the headlines, horrified not only by the high lead levels found in children in Flint, Michigan, but also by the extent to which government officials who are supposed to protect the public apparently concealed the harm. Dr....