WCFCFC

Wayne County, Ohio

HELPING FAMILIES THRIVE

Projects - Help Me Grow

Help Me Grow is a comprehensive program serving families with children from prenatal to age three. The goal of Help Me Grow is to assure that newborns, infants, and toddlers have the best possible start in life.

Help Me Grow components include:

Prenatal and Postnatal Home Visits to assess the health of newborns and to offer help to new parents by providing information on child development and available programs and community resources.
Home Visiting that provides ongoing education on maternal and child health, development, infant stimulation and growth promoting activities, developmental screenings, and information and linkage to community resources.
Service Coordination provides for the development of an Individual Family Service Plan and referral, coordination and monitoring of services called for in the plan.
Family Support Services that may include parent-mentoring, parent to parent support, and parent group activities (neighborhood playgroups), transitioning, and transportation.
Multi-disciplinary Evaluation for infants and toddlers with suspected developmental disabilities and delays which includes social/emotional, communication, cognitive, physical (vision, hearing, nutrition), and adaptive.
Specialized Services based upon the needs of individual families and may include respite care.

Click to download Help Me Grow's brochure.

For more information, contact:

Help Me Grow at 330-263-8930

Suzanne Huse

Help Me Grow Program Director

Gault Family Learning Center

716 Beall Ave., Wooster, OH 44691

330-263-8940: 330-263-8939 (FAX)

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