Help Me Grow

Help Me Grow is a program that provides health and development services for Franklin County pregnant parents, newborns, infants and toddlers, who meet specific criteria, so that children may start school healthy and ready to learn.
 
Jewish Family Services' Service Coordinators work with pregnant moms teaching them to care for themselves so they will have a better chance of delivering a healthy child, and once the child is born, educating them about the necessary steps to be taken, such as making sure their baby receives immunizations, what to look for developmentally as their child grows, making a home safe for children and how the parent(s) may play a role in helping their child become ready for learning.
 
Young children (ages 0-3) may need help early in life because of premature birth, health problems or a diagnosed delay. They may have a problem seeing, hearing, talking, thinking, playing or moving. In this situation, the Service Coordinator will provide an evaluation to determine if the child is eligible for Early Intervention services, and then help the parents find services the child needs as well as connect them to community resources and support.
 
For more information about Jewish Family Services' Help Me Grow program, call 614-559-0154, or email HelpMeGrow@jfscolumbus.org.