Help Me Grow
WYANDOT COUNTY HELP ME GROW SERVICES

Help nurture your child’s health and development for
success in life.  Help Me Grow is a program for Ohio’s
expectant parents, newborns, infants and toddlers that provide
health and developmental services so children start school healthy and ready to learn.
Help Me Grow provides the building blocks for success for Ohio’s families.   

Parents and Caregivers
You are your child’s best authority. Parents are the primary source of nurturing and
helping your child grow and learn during the first three years of life. No one knows your
child better than you. Take control today and invest in your child’s future.

Professionals
Help Me Grow supports many early childhood professionals from a variety of backgrounds.
Early childhood professionals link families and children in a collaborative network to meet
children’s unique needs.:

•        Home visits to assess the health of the newborn and mother;
•        Provide information to new parents about child development
•        Provide information and link parents to available programs and resources;
•        Provide early identification of children with developmental delays,
•        Provide guidance and available therapeutic interventions;
•        Provide screening for children’s nutrition, hearing, vision and overall development;
•        Provide literacy training for all parents while supporting them as full partners in their
child’s first three years of life.

Eligibility
Eligible participants are those eligible for PRC at the 200% poverty guidelines and who
meet at least four risk factors as outlined by ODH program standards.  Eligible participants
receive developmental screenings; family assessments; development, review, and
evaluation of the IFSP; service coordination; transition to part B services; family s

Referral
The Wyandot County Central Intake and Referral site is housed in the HMG office at 123
E. Walker Street in Upper Sandusky, Ohio.  

Staff Qualifications and credentialing
The Wyandot County FCFC assures that appropriate and qualified staff carries out HMG
responsibilities.

HMG helps to support Ohio's school readiness goal through strengthening  positive family
environments for optimal growth and development of infants and young children.

Anne Denman, Project Director
123 East Walker Street
Upper Sandusky, Ohio 43351
Phone: 419-294-6408
Email:
wycohmg@sbcglobal.net

More information on HMG statewide can be found at:
Ohio Help Me Grow
Wyandot County
Help Me Grow (HMG)
WCFCFC
Wyandot County Family and Children
First Council