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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 …
READ MORE2 Oct · Lauren Till · No Comments
Social Needs are as Important as Medical
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation published a report that supports the idea behind last week’s post. We discussed that poor health outcomes are often not solely rooted in poor health inputs, but that there are frequently social influences which heavily impact wellness. In “Health Care’s Blind Side” it becomes clear that physicians frequently encounter health …
READ MORE25 Sep · Lauren Till · No Comments
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Early childhood obesity has been and continues to be an important issue (see our recent posts). We’ve received feedback that while improving nutrition and activity in children and adults is part of the solution, it may not be all there is to it. No one would argue that it’s easy to change a person’s lifestyle, …
READ MORE19 Sep · Lauren Till · No Comments
TEDx: HMG
Dr. Paul Dworkin, the founder of Help Me Grow, was invited to give a TEDx talk at Bushnell Park in Hartford, CT. See the video below and feel free to visit TED.com to learn more about TED events.
READ MORE10 Sep · Lauren Till · No Comments
7 Ways to Build Your Baby’s Brain at the Grocery Story – Urban Child Institute
The Urban Child Institute recently shared this article… “Certainly, one of any mother’s least favorite errands to ever run with small children is the trip to the grocery store. Changing the focus during a shopping trip can be the ticket to salvaging the task and mom’s sanity. As a bonus, it can be a time …
READ MORE4 Sep · Lauren Till · No Comments
National Childhood Obesity Awareness
Photo Credit On August 31st, 2013, President Barack Obama signed a proclamation declaring September as National Childhood Obesity Awareness month. We recently blogged about nationwide improvements in childhood obesity rates. While it is good news that the rate of increase has slowed, the President’s proclamation draws attention to the fact that this is still a …
READ MORE26 Aug · Lauren Till · No Comments
AL Baby Facts
Zero to Three recently released National and State Baby Facts to “provide information for early childhood professionals and policymakers about the status of infants, toddlers, and families in their state.” In Alabama’s factsheet we learn: more than half (52%) of children ages zero to three in Alabama live in low-income families 27% of children who …
READ MORE20 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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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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