Maine CDC's Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Monthly Webinar Series

Posted on April 01, 2025

Help Me Grow Presentation

Speaker: Melinda Corey, Help Me Grow Maine’s Outreach Specialist

This webinar provides a basic overview, particularly as it relates to children with special needs. This will include an overview of referral and follow-up processes,

eligibility, and what families and providers can expect when partnering with Help Me Grow Maine. Melinda will also share data about Help Me Grow Maine’s work thus far around the state, and how that data is being used to plan and implement additional supports.

At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:
1. Be able to describe the Help Me Grow model as it functions in Maine.
2. Be able to explain the concrete ways that Help Me Grow Maine supports families in meeting their young children’s developmental, behavioral, and other basic needs.
3. Understand data gathered by Help Me Grow Maine and how that data supports programming around the state.