In November 2016 and January 2017, 14 states received Home Visiting Innovation Awards through the from Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program. Nine of these states are HMG affiliates: Colorado, Washington D.C., Iowa, Georgia, Washington, Delaware, Connecticut, and...
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A 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, specifically naming our Help Me Grow® system model. The...
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In a recent Advancing Kids blog post, Help Me Grow National Center founding director Paul Dworkin, M.D., considers the challenges ahead for early childhood system-builders, providers, and advocates — and how we can best respond. Dr. Dworkin writes, “We must...
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The Help Me Grow® National Center highlighted its initiative to enhance the capacity of pediatric primary care providers to mitigate the impact of toxic stress at the 2016 Zero to Three conference. Our poster provided an overview of the strategies and...
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I am honored to recently be elected chair of the board of directors of the Urban League of Greater Hartford (ULGH), a proud affiliate of the National Urban League (NUL). I have been a member of the board since 2012 and am...
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Guest post by Von Jessee, M.A. Program Specialist for Research and Evaluation Help Me Grow National Center I recently had the opportunity to be a guest blogger for Help Me Grow Utah, addressing fathers’ importance in their child’s development. You can read...
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I wrestled with this exact question in the weeks leading up to the congress for three extremely good reasons. First, the congress started two days after the Help Me Grow National Forum! Going from one to the other would...
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On May 28, 2016—just days after the end of the annual Help Me Grow National Forum—two members of the HMG National Center flew 4000 miles across the Atlantic for the 15th Annual World Congress on Infant Mental Health in Prague, Czech Republic. The World Congress is...
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