Join a network that amplifies your impact.
Though we learn from systems across different states, we share a common goal — to pave the way for future generations.
Aoy Santavysuk
HMG Pinellas, FL
By affiliating with the HMG National Network, states and communities gain the National Center’s support and technical assistance to strengthen early childhood systems through the Help Me Grow Model. Affiliation unlocks resources, support, and connections nationwide, with benefits that include:
Marketing & Communication
- Use of the HMG name and logo
- Use of the tagline, “A Member of the Help Me Grow National Network”
- Access to HMG National Center’s HMG News & News from the Field, and policy/research materials
- Access to and use of the HMG Universal Statement and Framing Toolkit
- Access to and use of data reports
- Access to the HMG Affiliate Connections Directory
TA & Capacity-Building Support
- A bank of individualized technical assistance hours (two hours per Single-System State and four hours per Multi-System State) that may be used at the Affiliate’s discretion (i.e. for implementation support or specific support needed for policy, evaluation, funding, etc.)
- Opportunity to attend full-Network webinar events and access to related materials
- Opportunity to participate in topic-based affiliate communities of practice
- Opportunity to participate in HMG Building Connections, role-specific networking, and capacity building offerings
- Opportunity to participate in national learning communities
- Opportunity to request a topic-based affiliate-to-affiliate connection
- Invitation to attend and participate in the annual HMG National Forum
Access to additional technical assistance is available on a fee-for-service basis.
Tools & Resources
- Access to the Help Me Grow Affiliate Resource Hub, which houses hundreds of materials created by the National Center and Affiliate Network to advance HMG system-building
- Access to the Affiliate Connections Directory
- Access to HMG National Center’s Funding and Capacity Building Opportunities Bulletin
- Access to data reports produced by the HMG National Center, inclusive of data from the annual Fidelity Assessment
- For affiliates in full implementation of the Model, as determined by the annual HMG Fidelity Assessment, access to the HMG Return on Investment (ROI) Calculator and HMG ROI Toolkit
- Support in developing a data collection and reporting infrastructure to align with the Fidelity reporting framework from the HMG National Center and early childhood standards and best practices
Advocacy
- Support for federal and state advocacy priorities, including policy briefs and letters of support
- Opportunity to share your work with leading experts in areas related to early childhood system development, family engagement, child health provider outreach and engagement and data collection and sharing
- Sharing of data, outcomes, and advancements at the aggregate-level with national public and private funders.
- Representation on workgroup and advocacy committees of interest for the advancement of HMG
Interested in becoming a Help Me Grow affiliate?
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