First 5 Fox Valley is one of nine community organizations selected for funding from the Wisconsin Partnership Program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, through its Community Impact Grant Program.
The $250,000 grant will supportthe First 5 initiative Advancing the Help Me Grow Model with Family-engaged Developmental Modeling. This project aims to improve early childhood health, development and family-level outcomes by expanding the national evidence-based Help Me Gro model – a family-engaged developmental screening system of community resources – within underserved rural and urban Wisconsin communities. The project will support 9.000 families with young children ages prenatal-five who might experience health disparities and inequities.
“This year’s recipients represent rigorous efforts to advance health and health equity across a wide array of critical health issues facing Wisconsin,” said Amy Kind, MD, PhD, associate dean for social health sciences and programs, UW School of Medicine and Public Health, and executive director, Wisconsin Partnership Program. “Their initiatives reach broadly across our state to serve urban, rural and tribal communities and provide innovative community-led approaches and solutions to support diverse populations and health needs.”
