Minnesota Help Me Connect is an online service navigator that helps physicians/clinicians connect pregnant and parenting families with young children (birth-age 8) with services in their community that support healthy child development and family well-being.
Read More Online Navigator Connecting Patients With Young Kids With Needed ServicesAs family physicians, we regularly care for children and families in our clinics and communities and see firsthand the needs that are not being met and/or the support that is lacking.
The Minnesota Legislature has introduced several bills in the 2021 legislative session that if passed will improve the health of children and families across our state: one focusing on paid family leave and two on early childcare and education.
Read More Support Family Leave & Early Childcare & EducationThe Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians supports funding for the early literacy program, Reach Out and Read Minnesota.
Read More MAFP Supports Reach Out & Read
Advocating for Family Medicine 