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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

Help Me Grow – Long Island and the Allied Foundation to distribute 100,000+ diapers to Long Island Families

In partnership with the Allied Foundation Diaper Bank, Help Me Grow – Long Island will donate 100,800 diapers to provide immediate relief for Long . . .
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Reflections on Racism and Early Childhood

by Dr. Elizabeth Isakson, Executive Director, Docs for Tots Edward Deming once said: “Every system is perfectly designed to get the result it gets.” . . .
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The Impact of COVID-19 on the Lives of Families with Young Children

  by Melissa Passarelli, Docs for Tots Director of Programs COVID-19 has affected the entire world, but has been most dangerous to those with . . .
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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