Linking Families to Services

The Commonwealth Fund has developed a document to help states develop linkages between families and state resources. Based upon the Help Me Grow program in Connecticut, the document outlines the steps for building partnerships to between agencies, providers, and families to ensure connections and evaluate the success of those efforts. Help Me Grow focuses specifically on younger children and the developmental and behavioral problems, but the process likely generalizes to other age groups and problems, such as adolescents with substance use problems.