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16 Aug · Lauren Till · No Comments
Help Me Grow Spotlight: Ashley Wagner
Ashley was hired in January 2016 to be the North Alabama Help Me Grow Care Coordinator for 2-1-1 at Crisis Services of North Alabama (CSNA). She earned her Bachelors in Sociology from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and has been involved with 2-1-1 Information and Referral for two years with CSNA. She’s enthusiastic about …
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8 Aug · Lauren Till · No Comments
National Parent Survey Blog Series Part 2: Do You Believe Parenting Can Be Learned?
A parent’s interaction with their child in the first 5 years of life is a strong indicator of how the child’s brain will develop. So, for parents, the pressure is on. Are all people born with the knowledge of how to be a parent or is this something that can be learned? According to the …
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8 Aug · Lauren Till · No Comments
HMG Spotlight: Patricia Locker
Patricia is thrilled to be a part of the Help Me Grow Alabama team as the Northwest Alabama Care Coordinator! Her unique qualifications for this position include a B.A. in Psychology, experience as a preschool teacher, and years of working with individuals with disabilities. Patricia has served her community as an active volunteer in many different capacities, and she has also served …
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13 Jul · Lauren Till · No Comments
HMG Spotlight: Chandler Barrett
Chandler is excited to be part of the HMG team as the Regional Care Coordinator for East Alabama. She received a B.A. in Religion at Birmingham Southern College and a Master’s of Public Administration with a concentration in Nonprofit Management from the University of Colorado. She previously worked for the Alabama Law Foundation and Alabama …
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6 Jul · Lauren Till · No Comments
Parents of Young Children Tell What They Think, Know, and Need
A child’s experiences in the first three years of life shape a child forever. Help Me Grow cares about babies and toddlers, therefore we care about, listen to, and meet the needs of parents too. ZERO TO THREE, with support from the Bezos Family Foundation, undertook a comprehensive research effort to go directly to parents of …
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22 Jun · Lauren Till · No Comments
Alabama: 46th in Nation for Child Well-being
Mike Cason from AL.com reports, “Alabama’s national ranking on well-being of children fell to 46th in the latest annual report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. It was the second straight year for Alabama to drop in the Kids Count Data Book, which lists 16 indicators of child well-being in four areas: economic, educational, health …
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Starting Ahead is Better than Catching Up
Checkout the newest video from the Heckman Equation. More information is available at heckmanequation.org.
READ MORE27 Apr · Lauren Till · No Comments
Help Me Grow and Strengthening Families
The following comes from the Center for the Study of Social Policy and is available in PDF. Help Me Grow (HMG) connects families with young children to community-based services and support. Through the HMG system, statewide partners and communities are mobilized to build collaboration across service sectors, including child health care, early care and education and family support. …
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