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

Read the 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 Annual Report

“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.

 

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

Learning Collaboratives Prepare Child Care Providers to Offer Developmental and Social Emotional Screens to Children in Their Care

2020 Highlights For the families that use them, child care providers play a major role in children’s lives. A child who attends child care . . .
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Help Me Grow – Long Island 2020 Highlights

2020 in Numbers Expanded Partnerships in 2020 With support from Help Me Grow National, we strengthened our relationship with the Stony Brook Hospital Women, . . .
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Addressing Basic Needs and COVID Challenges

2020 Highlights 2020 has presented challenges for many families with young children worldwide. Docs for Tots has been fortunate to be able to continue . . .
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What happens during the first months and years of life sets either a sturdy or a fragile stage for what follows.

Neurons to Neighborhoods: The Science of Early Childhood Development