Rebecca Hernandez is a Program Manager with Help Me Grow (HMG) in Orange County, California.  HMG  connects children and their families to developmental services to enhance the behavior, development and learning of young children in 29 counties in California.  HMG supports developmental surveillance and screening in numerous ways, including trainings on how to conduct developmental screens using norm-referenced tools: Ages & Stages Questionnaire – Third Edition (ASQ-3), ASQ: Social Emotional-2 (ASQ:SE-2), Parents Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS), and Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddler, Revised/Follow-up (M-CHAT-R/F).  HMG partners with community organizations to promote and offer developmental screenings onsite at resources fairs and in the community.

Lisa Burke is VP of Learning & Integration at First 5 Orange County (First 5 O.C.), an agency that is focused on early identification and intervention so that all children reach their full potential.  Lisa oversees the agency's work related to family engagement, equity, and early learning which includes school readiness work with all school districts in Orange County that have a kindergarten population.  First 5 O.C. has developed strong working relationships with community collaboratives, which include parents, and they share and explore kindergarten readiness data in order to set community goals for the improvement of outcomes for children.