Help Me Grow

1260 South Center Street
Ashland, Ohio 44805
419.289.9227

Cathy Thiemens, Coordinator

Purpose: Promotes family centered services for expectant parents, newborns, infants, toddlers and their families:
• Identifies children with or at risk for developmental delays or disabilities;
• Provides up-to-date information during newborn, visit from a registered nurse to parents on child health, development, safety, and community resources; during the visit, a registered nurse conducts a physical assessment of the newborn and mother.
• Provides screenings for health, hearing , vision, and development;
• Provides parents with information about their child’s social and emotional development that lays the foundation for later school success;
• Assures parents have information on the importance of early childhood immunizations and routine pediatric health care.
• Connects children at age three with appropriate services.

Population Served: Families with children under the age of 3.

Criteria: Any child; from birth to three years old may be eligible based on the following:
• If an evaluation of your child’s development is shown to be delay,
• If the child has a medically diagnosed physical or mental condition that has a high chance of resulting in a developmental delay.
• If your child has four or more risk factors present in the child and or family which could interfere with care giving, health or development of the child.

Fees: None

Major Funders: Ashland County Job and Family Services, Federal Part C funding, General Revenue fund