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Help Me Grow is under the direction of C.O.R.E. (Children Offered Resources Early), the county collaborative group. C.O.R.E. is a sub-committee of Fayette County Family and Children First Council. C.O.R.E. offers parents and caregivers services and resources to promote the development of their children and well being of their family. Services that C.O.R.E. offers through the Help Me Grow program include: Service Coordination Developmental Screenings and Evaluations Prenatal & Newborn Home Visits Trained specialist to provide play activities to encourage development Center-based Early Intervention services Speech, Occupational and Physical Therapies Home Visits Playgroup Family Support Pre-School Assistance Whom To Refer: Children experiencing: -Health or medical concerns -Prenatal/neonatal/postnatal complications -Environmental concerns AND/OR Children with significant delays as demonstrated by failure to achieve the following milestones: -Sit independently by 8 months -Crawl independently by 10 months -Walk independently by 14 months -Babbling by 6 months -Pointing by 1 year -Understanding simple commands at 1 year -10 word vocabulary by 18 months old -Eating with spoon or drinking with cup independently by 18 months -Toilet training by 3 years old AND/OR Children with established disabilities, such as: -Blindness or deafness -Cerebral palsy, epilepsy, etc. -Any syndrome -Mental retardation For a complete list of criteria, please contact the Help Me Grow office at 335-511. Agencies that participate in C.O.R.E. include: Bureau for Children with Medical Handicaps – BCMH Carnegie Public Library Child Care Works Family Information Network – FIN Fayette County Board of MRDD Fayette County Children’s Services Fayette County Community Action Fayette County Department of Job and Family Services Fayette County Family and Children First Council Fayette County Head Start Fayette County Health Department Fayette County Help Me Grow Fayette County Memorial Hospital Fayette County Project CARE Clinic Fayette County Victim-Witness Program Fayette County Visitation/Exchange Center Grace Weekday Ministries Hopewell Special Educational Regional Resource Center (SERRC) LIFE Pregnancy Center Local churches and community groups Miami Trace Local Schools Oho State University Extension – Fayette County Ohio Department of Health Parents, Grandparents and Caregivesr Physicians Rock-A-Bye Day Care Scioto Paint Valley Mental Health Center Washington Court House City Schools
C.O.R.E. is a United Way supported agency
Family Involvement "It has been nice to know that both our boys are getting a better start in life at an early age that does not cost us anything. It is good to have Ethan and Skyler receive the therapies they need. Everyone is so helpful and nice." – Kristen and Scott Maag, parents of Skyler and Ethan
Help Me Grow provides a wide range of services for children under the age of three who qualify for Help Me Grow. Do you have questions about your child: -Moving -Talking -Walking -Seeing -Hearing -Eating
If you have any questions or would like to see if your family qualifies for Help Me Grow Services, please call 335-5111. Email: Sharon Gibbs, Project Director, sgibbs@odh.ohio.gov Cheryl Binegar, Service Coordinator, cbinegar@odh.ohio.gov Jennifer Wells R.N.,B.S.N., Service Coordinator, jwells@odh.ohio.gov Jeannie Bihl R.N., Newborn Home Visit Nurse, jbihl@odh.ohio.gov Melissa Long Smith, Family Support Specialist, msmith2@odh.ohio.gov Lorraine Cockerill, B.A., Service Coordinator, lcocker@odh.ohio.gov |
