Franklin County Help Me Grow

What Franklin County Help Me Grow does

Franklin County Help Me Grow is the local Franklin County implementation of Ohio's statewide Help Me Grow program, a government-administered family support initiative operated by the Ohio Department of Children and Youth. The program provides three core services to Ohio families: a Central Intake referral system that serves as a single entry point, Help Me Grow Home Visiting (a voluntary program offering in-home visits by trained professionals to pregnant women and new parents covering topics such as prenatal health, breastfeeding, nutrition, child development, and safety), and Help Me Grow Early Intervention (services for children under age three with developmental delays or disabilities, delivered by local teams through Individualized Family Service Plans). The program serves two primary segments: pregnant women and new parents seeking voluntary family support, and families with children under three who have developmental delays or disabilities.

The program was established as Ohio's evidenced-based parent support program by Senate Bill 332 in January 2017, which mandated the use of evidence-based, innovative, or promising home visiting models. It operates free of charge to families and is funded through state government appropriations. Coverage extends to all 88 Ohio counties through a network of trained home visitors, local Early Intervention teams, and Family and Children First Council coordinators, with a centralized hotline (844-234-KIDS) handling referrals. The business model is a government-funded public service with no commercial pricing; the go-to-market is community-led, relying on referrals from parents, caregivers, providers, and other parties. The organization is legally a state government entity with no parent corporation, no private investors, and no venture capital backing. The local Franklin County office is listed with 5 employees and a Columbus, Ohio address, though the statewide program operates at substantially greater scale.

Name

Franklin County Help Me Grow

Legal name

Help Me Grow (Ohio Department of Children and Youth)

Website

https://helpmegrow.ohio.gov

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Franklin County Help Me Grow is the local implementation of Ohio's statewide, government-funded family support program, offering free Central Intake referrals, Home Visiting for pregnant women and new parents, and Early Intervention for children under three with developmental delays across all 88 Ohio counties.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Early Childhood Family Support Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Family Coaching, Parent-Mediated & Home Visiting EI Services (EDACAFAJ)

Keywords

• Early intervention services
• Home visiting programs
• Parent support services
• Child development services
• Family support programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Columbus

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: Help Me Grow is Ohio's evidenced-based parent support program established by Senate Bill 332 in January 2017, funded through state government appropriations administered by the Ohio Department of Children and Youth.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Help Me Grow is Ohio's evidence-based parent support program providing free, voluntary services to families across all 88 Ohio counties. It operates a Central Intake referral gateway that connects families to two core service lines: Home Visiting (in-home support from trained professionals for pregnant women and new parents covering topics such as healthy pregnancies, breastfeeding, nutrition, child development, and safety) and Early Intervention (services for eligible children under age three with developmental delays or disabilities, delivered by local EI teams that develop and implement an Individualized Family Service Plan).

Product overview

Help Me Grow is Ohio's evidenced-based parent support program established by Senate Bill 332 in January 2017. The system consists of three interconnected components: Central Intake (the referral gateway), Help Me Grow Home Visiting (voluntary support for pregnant women and new parents through home visits), and Help Me Grow Early Intervention (services for children under 3 with developmental delays or disabilities). These components share a unified mission to improve maternal and child health, prevent child abuse and neglect, encourage positive parenting, and prepare children for school.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Help Me Grow Early Intervention: A statewide system that provides early intervention services to parents of eligible children under the age of three with developmental delays or disabilities.
• Help Me Grow Home Visiting
• Central Intake

Quantifiable outcome

• Improve health for mothers and children
• +6 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Help Me Grow National Network: Direct peer — the national Help Me Grow network affiliates state and county-level Help Me Grow systems (including Ohio's) around a shared Central Intake and home visiting/EI model. Operationally and structurally aligned with Franklin County Help Me Grow.
• Parents as Teachers: Direct peer — a national evidence-based home visiting/parent education model frequently implemented by state and county family support programs, overlapping with Help Me Grow Home Visiting in target population and service approach.
• Nurse-Family Partnership: Direct peer — a national evidence-based home visiting model for low-income first-time mothers from pregnancy through age 2, serving as one of the approved "evidence-based" home visiting models that Help Me Grow contracts with across counties.
• Ohio Early Intervention: Direct peer — the Ohio-specific EI system that delivers the Help Me Grow Early Intervention component (IFSP, local EI teams, services for children under 3 with developmental delays), sharing delivery infrastructure and referral flow with Franklin County Help Me Grow.

Emerging players

• Early Head Start (ACF/HHS): Federal program for low-income pregnant women and families with infants/toddlers (0-3), overlapping with Help Me Grow on prenatal-to-3 parenting support and kindergarten readiness outcomes, often co-served at the family level.
• Healthy Start (HRSA): Federal program addressing infant mortality and maternal health in high-need communities — directly aligns with Help Me Grow's stated goals of lowering infant mortality and improving maternal/child health, often complementing state home visiting systems.
• Family Connects International: Evidence-based universal postpartum nurse home visiting model for all newborns, a likely candidate "promising/innovative" model within the SB 332-approved list and a structural peer in the EI/home visiting ecosystem.

Others

• Ohio Department of Children and Youth: Parent government entity of Franklin County Help Me Grow — administers the program, sets policy, and controls appropriations; comparable as the institutional operator of family/early childhood programs rather than as a competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/franklin-county-help-me-grow

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