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Help Me Grow Long Island
Launched in January 2018, Help Me Grow Long Island (HMGLI) is a FREE resource connecting families and providers to community resources and child development information in Nassau and Suffolk counties, with the mission of promoting optimal development of Long Island’s young children. HMGLI provides free, virtual, ongoing support to families to meet the needs of their young children, and trains providers to use developmental screens with the families they serve. Help Me Grow Long Island isn’t an agency, but a partnership based on a national model for organizing existing agencies with the goal of more efficiently and effectively reaching and helping at-risk children. HMGLI is coordinated by Docs for Tots and is connected to United Way of Long Island’s 2-1-1 phone system.
How to Contact HMGLI
📞 Call Us
Connect with our Bilingual Family Resource Specialists at 516-548-8924 or dial 2-1-1, select your language, and press 7 for Help Me Grow.
📧 Email Us
Have questions? Reach out to us at info@hmgli.org.
🌐 Free Developmental Screening
Visit our Help Me Grow New York State website to complete a free developmental screening.
👩⚕️ For Providers
Complete the HMGLI Universal Provider Referral Form and send it to us via:
📧 Email: info@hmgli.org
📠 Fax: 516-217-1351
📢 Community Partners
If you work with young children and are interested in offering developmental or social-emotional screenings or need bookmarks and brochures for families, contact us at info@hmgli.org.
Resources
For Providers
📄 Info for Providers
🏢 HMGLI for Community Partners
👩⚕️ HMGLI for Physicians
📝 HMGLI Universal Provider Referral Form (Fillable)
📝 HMGLI Universal Provider Referral Form (Fillable – Spanish)
🔍 Why Screen with HMG?
🗣 How to Talk About HMGLI with Families
For Families
📖 HMGLI Bookmark (English/Spanish)
📘 HMGLI Family Brochure (English)
📜 HMGLI Family Flyer (Spanish)
📜 HMGLI Family Flyer (Creole)
❓ HMGLI Frequently Asked Questions
🏥 Community Screening Partners Trained by HMGLI
📊 HMGLI Reports
Help Me Grow Long Island is a proud partner of Lantern (formerly Bright By Text)! Lantern is a national parent text service that helps parents and caregivers make the most out of the time with their children. Messages illustrate fun and easy activities, providing positive parenting tips and resources, and even video content to guide a child’s development. Learn more and sign up.
Help Me Grow Long Island Leadership Team:
Catholic Health Services of Long Island, CDC’s Learn the Signs. Act Early Ambassador (NY), Child Care Council of Nassau, Child Care Council of Suffolk, Children’s Medical Center at NYU Winthrop Hospital, Choice for All, Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Docs for Tots, Family and Community Engagement at LIU, Family Place Libraries, Family Support Long Island at Molloy College, Health and Welfare Council of Long Island, Healthy Steps Program at Nassau University Medical Center, Hofstra University Department of Health Professions and Human Services, Sun River Health, Institute for Parenting at Adelphi University, Long Island Federally Qualified Health Centers, Long Island FQHC WIC Program, Long Island Pre-K Initiative, Nassau BOCES, Nassau County Department of Health Division of Maternal Child Health, Nassau Library System, Northwell Health, Northwell Health Visits-Family Connects Long Island, NYS Council on Children and Families, QUALITYstarsNY, Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, Stony Brook WIC, Suffolk County Department of Health Early Intervention, Suffolk County Executive, United Way of Long Island
