Mission and Vision

“Minding the Gaps. How One Doctor-Led Nonprofit is Strengthening The Safety Net For Long Island Children” highlights our achievements across Long Island through the assistance and partnerships formed with existing organizations working for the betterment of young children.

Read Minding the Gaps, by Liz Moore for the Rauch Foundation.

 

Centering the Family Experience: Implications for Long Island’s Early Childhood System

-Released October 2021
A follow up to Help Me Grow Long Island’s May 2021 report, this October 2021 report explores families’ experiences with Help Me Grow – Long Island. Help Me Grow – Long Island’s Family Resources Specialists are there to help one family at a time, but this report demonstrates Help Me Grow’s potential for systems change: elevating parents’ voices paired with examination of population-level data can drive more equitable access to services for all families. Join a webinar on November 5th at noon where statewide advocates will discuss the report’s findings and recommendations.

HMG-LI October 2021 Report

2nd Annual Report:
HMG-LI Grows to Meet Family Needs During COVID and Beyond
-Released May 10, 2021

Our 2nd Annual Report highlights expansion to new communities, successful connection to services for vulnerable families during COVID, and distribution of 300,000 diapers while emphasizing developmental promotion.

View June 17 webinar and panel summary here.

HMG-LI 2nd Annual Report

HELP ME GROW – LONG ISLAND:
A Portrait of Growth and Impact

Read the 1st annual report and be in touch if you wish to join the HMG-LI referral network, and the amazing HMG-LI collective impact partnership that supports the Long Island community of families with young children.

HMG-LI 1st Annual Report
Medical Home
The medical home is family-centered, accessible and coordinated health care.

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Developmental Screening
All young kids should be screened for developmental delays.

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Quality Early Care and Education
Early care settings have the potential to improve children’s health.

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Social Emotional Health
Social-emotional health shapes academic success and lifelong health.

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Poverty
Poverty is the greatest threat to children’s healthy development.

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Priority Issues
Docs for Tots provides doctors and other stakeholders tools to transform practice and improve public policy with a focus on five priority issues.

Latest News

Docs for Tots in 2021

Making Best Practice Everyday Practice in Support of Young Kids Help Me Grow – Long Island, a regional partnership promoting early childhood development, rose . . .
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November 2021 News from Docs for Tots

Check out our newsletter and see what we’re up to 🙂 In case you missed it – here is our November Newsletter. See what . . .
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NEW Early Childhood Educators’ Screening Collaborative Launching 2022

Now Accepting Applications!  Help Me Grow-Long Island, in partnership with the Child Care Councils of Nassau and Suffolk, and QUALITYstarsNY, is launching the newest . . .
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Investing in quality early learning programs is the most efficient way to affect school and life success and to reduce social expenditures later.

James Heckman, economist, Nobel laureate