Great Start Collaborative-Wayne Collaborative Meeting November 16, 2015
Help Me Grow (HMG) provides a comprehensive and coordinated system for early identification and referral of children at risk for developmental and behavioral problems. What is Help Me Grow?
Help Me Grow provides: Child development information and support for families with children 1 month to age 5.5 (66 months) FREE Ages and Stages Developmental Screening Access to community resources Training for health care providers as well as early care and education providers What is Help Me Grow?
Two ways to access Landing Page (individuals and small community partners) Large Community Partners
Developmental Screening Care Coordination
Children–developmental delays are identified early; families are connected to appropriate early intervention services and community resources Families–gain a better understanding of their child’s development (including social and emotional development) Specific goals of this project
Professionals–understand the importance of developmental screenings as a first indicator for developmental delays Community–increase use of developmental screening; build community data to be used for future planning and advocacy efforts Specific goals of this project
How Help Me Grow is Impacting developmental readiness Over 11,567 Screenings in Grant Year Total of 133 Community Partners as of last Grant Year (Already increased that number by 15 in first half of Q1 of ) Help Me Grow Data findings based on last year’s screening results show 56% of Wayne Co. Children Screened were Developmentally On-Track Able to identify developmental risk by zip code based on screenings collected, narrowing the outreach focus. Collectively, in county, learned that 21% of screenings are indicating Strong Risk for Delay and 23% indicating Potential Risk for delay Outcome #2: Children are healthy, thriving and developmentally on track from birth to third grade
Data findings indicate a significant difference in the overall scores from the initial screens and subsequent screens. The result indicates the risk of delay decreases over time when children are screened again at a later age interval. (Oakland University HMG Regional Evaluation Report, September, 2015) Additionally, the data demonstrate an increase in the number of children progressing on track when screened again later at a different age interval (Oakland University HMG Regional Evaluation Report, September, 2015) Outcome #2: Children are healthy, thriving and developmentally on track from birth to third grade
Progress in: Early Childhood System Development / Program Coordination 15 new Help Me Grow Community Partners from Oct. 1 (2015) to date with 40+ individual provider contacts within those new partnerships Over 3,581 new ASQ Screenings, October 1-November 11 th 2015 Outcome #2: Children are healthy, thriving and developmentally on track from birth to third grade
Enhanced Service Delivery Help Me Grow-Wayne’s development of specific outreach/training to In-Home Childcare centers utilizing enhanced relationships with UWSEM Quality Improvement Specialists and Consultants Help Me Grow-Wayne’s increased focus on Faith Based Community Partnership and enhancing those existing partnerships with ACCESS and ACC WIC programs to conduct onsite ASQ screening opportunities (2 Screening events with ACCESS, 1 Screening event with ACC with monthly planned regular scheduling, 1 Pending Screening event with Fellowship Chapel) Help Me Grow-Wayne’s hiring of 2 new data support positions in order to free up time and productivity for Care Coordination and Help Me Grow Technical Training and Assistance Outcome #2: Children are healthy, thriving and developmentally on track from birth to third grade
Consistent, Common Messaging Outreach regarding Help Me Grow-Wayne built around messaging for the 3 main audiences of GSC-W (Parents, Professionals, Community) New HMG Wayne flyers updated and recreated for each of the 3 above listed audiences Outcome #2: Children are healthy, thriving and developmentally on track from birth to third grade
Support Needed from GSC-W Members: Messaging Support Utilization of outreach materials at Collaborative Partner Agencies Additions of Help Me Grow links to Collaborative Partner Agencies Collaborative Partner use of and link to GSC-W Activities calendar for increased awareness Help Me Grow Screening events Assistance bringing developmental awareness to the community to produce a cultural shift in community dialogue and parent/professional/community buy-in We Need You!
If you would like to add a link to Help Me Grow on your website, please contact me (Shannon Mathison) at If you would like to set up a large community partner training, please contact Katherine Vance at We Need You!
As of April 2015