Helping Kids Grow is an innovative approach to assuring the health, development and school readiness of preschool children. From its inception the focus has been on supporting parents who are the caretakers, educators, nurturers, and the key to a child’s development. Helping Kids Grow is a community case management model that provides support from birth to age five for all families in the community with preschool children. It is supported by a core partnership between child health and education advocates who formed an Early Childhood Taskforce. Families are actively engaged shortly after the birth of their child and guided with timely reminders, age appropriate information, and periodic developmental screenings to ensure the proper growth and development. The products and services are called “One for the Money”, “Two for the Show”, “Three to Get Ready” and “Four to Go”. A multifaceted evaluation of the program has shown positive outcome measures.

The goal of this program is to improve the well-being of pre-school children.

Helping Kids Grow provides support from birth to age five for all 3,800 families in the community with preschool children.