Help Me Grow Alabama Blog

9 Feb · Lauren Till · No Comments

Strolling Thunder

Announcing Strolling Thunder™ 2024 We invite all who advocate for young children to walk with us, pushing babies and toddlers in strollers to help bring awareness to the vital investments needed in programs for Alabama’s children from birth to age 3. There will be events for children and information for adults on helping young children thrive. …

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28 Feb · Lauren Till · No Comments

Help Me Grow Alabama

Help Me Grow (HMG) connects families to health and developmental resources so children (birth to age eight) can start school healthy and ready to succeed. With this proven model, HMG helps to ensure all children to have the best possible start in life. CORE COMPONENTS Making the Connection – receive calls regarding a child’s developmental concerns, …

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22 Apr · Lauren Till · No Comments

HMG Staff Spotlight: Deanne Slafsky

Deanne Slafsky joined the Help Me Grow Alabama team as a South Alabama Regional Care Coordinator with Lifelines Counseling Services. Deanne comes with 33 years of experience working with at-risk youth and youth with developmental disabilities. She operated a child care center for toddlers in foster care due to parental drug abuse in California, the …

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15 Apr · Lauren Till · No Comments

HMG Staff Spotlight: Tabetha Mitz

Tabetha Mitz was born and raised in Hawaii, and she is a recent graduate from the University of Hawaii with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology. She has experience as a paraprofessional where she worked with children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and she also has child care experience from working with children in a …

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8 Apr · Lauren Till · No Comments

HMG Staff Spotlight: Anna Ajuzie- Americorps

Anna Ajuzie joined the Help Me Grow Alabama team as an Americorps Member with the Alabama Partnership for children. She is a graduate of Troy University with B.S in Psychology and M.S. degree in Rehabilitation Counseling. Anna interned with Easterseals Central Alabama where she supported individuals with disabilities in identifying work skills and aptitudes, as …

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1 Apr · Lauren Till · No Comments

HMG Staff Spotlight: Ann Tyler Corwin

We are so excited to have the support of amazing AmeriCorps members on our team this year made possible through our partnership with the Alabama Network of Family Resource Centers. Ann Tyler Corwin is an AmeriCorps Team Leader serving our West Alabama region and is a senior at the University of Alabama majoring in Human …

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25 Mar · Lauren Till · No Comments

HMG Staff Spotlight: Saanyol Suswam

Saanyol Suswam joined the Help Me Grow Alabama team as an AmeriCorps member serving at United Way of Central Alabama. Saanyol earned her B.S. degree in Biology from Miles College in 2017, then went on to graduate from UAB School of Health Professions with an M.S. in Biotechnology. She has worked in the Birmingham City …

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18 Mar · Lauren Till · No Comments

Staff Spotlight: Racheal Townsend

Racheal Townsend joined the Help Me Grow Alabama team as the North Alabama Regional Care Coordinator at United Cerebral Palsy of Huntsville & Tennessee Valley. Racheal worked at the Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) for 32 years across program areas and retired in 2019 while supervising adoptions with both Child Protective Services and Foster …

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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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