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Help Me Grow - Paperback

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After researching a variety of programs, Help Me Grow was chosen to address the need of improved linkage of children and families to community resources. Program implementation began in Utah County on March 1, 2010, under the educational strategic planning of United Way of Utah County. Help Me Grow is all about the linkage of children and their families to services, multiple community providers to each other, child health care providers to cross-sector resources and data to policy and decision makers. In the first year, Help Me Grow received calls in behalf of 229 families. A 94% increase occurred in Year 2 with 444 calls. There was a significant rise in calls during the months when Help Me Grow was involved in two major community events, Freedom Festival and Sub for Santa. Parents, rather than extended family or other adults, made around 85% of all calls to Help Me Grow and nearly ¾ of callers were Caucasian. While 18.9% of Utah County’s population is Hispanic, 23.4 % of Help Me Grow callers are Hispanic. Around 20% of callers speak Spanish only. Help Me Grow families were nearly evenly distributed throughout the three school districts in the county. Title I school zip codes were used as a proxy for poverty. While 50% of the population of Utah County resides within Title I school zip codes, 75% of Help Me Grow families lived in Title I school zip codes. Initial calls to HELP ME GROW were mainly for ASQ screening. Adults found out about Help Me Grow primarily through family events that were conducted by Help Me Grow. Connections to Help Me Grow were also made through 2-1-1 referrals, other professionals, Welcome Baby and friends. In Year 2, 19% of the calls came through a strong partnership with the Sub For Santa outreach program.