SparkDC: A Platform for Innovation

By: Annika Anderson, MPH On September 19th, 2023 I had the honor of attending the Honorable Mayor Muriel Boswer’s 6th Annual Maternal and Infant Health Summit as a SparkDC Speaker. This year’s summit focused on timely topics including working women and best practices for employers of expectant mothers […]

The Office’s Three Roles

By: Scott Orsey Promoting the optimal healthy development of children. That’s what we do here at the Connecticut Children’s Office for Community Child Health (the Office). It sounds fairly straightforward, right? Getting kids programs and services to help them achieve their best outcomes. However, in reality, accomplishing that […]

What is Good Program Definition?

By: Scott Orsey Are you struggling to explain your program to potential supporters? Is your program a wild success and worthy of replication, but others just don’t get it? Are you looking to put pen to paper and document your program definition? A quick internet search will turn […]

A Vision to Help Children Thrive

Dr. Paul Dworkin, Executive Vice President for Community Child Health at Connecticut Children’s and Founding Director of the Help Me Grow National Center, joins our blog to share more about his work in Hartford and beyond to transform child health and development to ensure all children have an […]