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Ohio's Help Me Grow program is a combination of three separate programs implemented into one, family focused program for expectant mothers, infants, toddlers, and their families.  The first program created focus on children diagnosed with developmental delays and disabilities.  This particular program was named Early Intervention.  A broader focus, one based on the need to service the growing population of children ay the risk for developmental delays or disabilities, created the early concept of Early Start.  Early Start provided home visiting services and community supports for infants and toddlers, and their families to prevent abuse, neglecting developmental delays.  Some three years later, a third program came alive, which offered health and physical assessments to first time mothers and teen parents after a child was born.  The Welcome Home Visits was the name given to these particular home visits conducted by a Registered Nurse.