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Advancing the Help Me Grow Model with Family-engaged Developmental Modeling

Awarded in 2025
Community Impact Grant
Updated Apr 24, 2025

At a Glance

This project’s goal is to improve early childhood health, development and family-level outcomes by expanding the national evidence-based Help Me Grow (HMG) model – a family-engaged developmental screening system of community resources – within underserved rural and urban Wisconsin communities. The project will support 9000 families with young children prenatal-five who might experience health disparities and inequities.

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