Attention all licensed child care centers and family home providers!

As a child care provider, you play a vital role in recognizing developmental concerns because you are present in a child’s life during the most crucial years of their growth and development. Through generous funding from the Alabama Department of Human Resources, Help Me Grow Alabama (HMG) has the opportunity to provide you with all the essential materials, training, and ongoing assistance to begin developmental screening using the Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQ), as well as grant online access for easier administration, at no cost to you!

The ASQ is a highly valid, reliable, and parent- completed screening tool that helps identify children at risk for developmental or social-emotional delays. In addition, HMG can help you connect those children and their families with the needed resources to address concerns as early as possible.

HMG is currently offering licensed centers and home providers a free packet of books for signing up and an additional cash incentive for those who refer 3 centers or family child care homes who also sign up and begin implementing screening as well.

For more information or to get started, please contact Murrey McDonald, Help Me Grow Alabama Child Care Coordinator, directly by phone at 334-271-0304 or email at mmcdonald@alabamapartnershipforchildren.org.