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12 May · Lauren Till · No Comments

Home Visiting – Might Not Be What You Think

The Charlotte-Douglas airport in North Carolina is relatively small. It has a moving sidewalk, but no trains – and you walk everywhere. There’s a lady who cleans the restrooms – and she is the reason I love that airport. The first time I arrived there, I stopped by the restroom and she said, “HEY! Come …

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18 Dec · Lauren Till · No Comments

Pediatricians & Healthy Child Development

Charles Bruner, Ph.D., director of the Child and Family Policy Center and HMG National partner, has written a blog post for BUILDing Strong Foundations. In the post, he describes the critical role primary health care practitioners play in the development of young children. “Health Equity, the Triple Aim, and the First Two Years” also discusses …

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15 Nov · Lauren Till · No Comments

Tweet a Day for Learning & Play

The Alabama Partnership for Children (APC) is a member of the Help Me Grow National Network. The APC has recently launched its own Twitter account and Facebook page. The new social media campaign is entitled ‘A Tweet a Day for Learning and Play’, and will target parents, early childhood professionals, business leaders and partners in …

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8 Oct · Lauren Till · No Comments

HMG Utah in the News!

Our friends at Help Me Grow Utah were featured in their local news. This is a great clip that fully describes the value of Help Me Grow in just five minutes! We’re excited to be bringing this service to Central Alabama and are actively looking for ways to grow it in other parts of our …

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20 Aug · Lauren Till · No Comments

Our Pal at PAL

In our last post we highlighted one of our partner agencies, Parenting Assistance Line (PAL). Valerie Thorington is the Assistant Director of Child Development Resources at the University of Alabama, the home of PAL. She has a passion for helping parents and children and provides call center guidance for Help Me Grow Alabama’s implementation. Let’s …

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12 Aug · Lauren Till · No Comments

Parenting Assistance Line

One of Help Me Grow’s statewide partners is Alabama’s Parenting Assistance Line (PAL). PAL staff serve on the leadership team and bring years of experience in listening and responding to the needs of Alabama’s parents. PAL is a statewide phone service (1-866-962-3030) that was launched in March of 2007 to provide free information, support, and …

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9 Jul · Lauren Till · No Comments

Champion for Help Me Grow

You may remember that Help Me Grow got to participate in the Alabama Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatric’s (AL-AAP)’s Quality Improvement/Maintenance of Certification training last year and in May of this year we featured Linda Lee, the Executive Director of AL-AAP. Now we’d like you to meet Linda Champion! Linda is the Project Coordinator for AL-AAP and …

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12 Jun · Lauren Till · No Comments

Alabama Quality Child Care

The Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) is excited to launch the pilot for the Alabama Quality STARS Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS). QRIS is a process for supporting and recognizing child care centers for providing high-quality child care. Because so many of Alabama’s young children participate in early learning programs, it is important …

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Help Me Grow Alabama

Help Me Grow Alabama is an affiliate of the Help Me Grow National Network and a program of the Alabama Partnership for Children.

 

Help Me Grow Alabama is funded by the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education through the Preschool Development Grant and the Alabama Department of Human Resources.

 

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