Project LAUNCH Children and Caregiver Screenings

Project LAUNCH partners with various agencies and organizations to widely implement developmental screenings statewide for children’s physical and social-emotional development.

What are Developmental Screenings?

Developmental screenings are questions that can help check how a child is growing and if they need any support. There are physical screenings that show how a child is moving and exploring their environment, and there are social-emotional screenings that show how a child can understand their emotions and relationships with others.

Developmental screenings don’t reflect on familial relationships or a parent’s ability to raise a child, they are there to see if a child needs additional support to help them grow.

Project LAUNCH works to increase the use of developmental screenings during well-child visits with pediatric providers and in other early child care settings.

Validated Screenings Supported by Project LAUNCH

Other Screening Initiatives in Hawai‘i

Med-QUEST has a Hawai‘i Child Wellness Incentive Program in which families can earn $50 per child per year for taking them to a well-child examination visit.

The Hi‘ilei Program within the Department of Health provides Ages and Stages Questionnaire screens, information, resources, and support for families of young children.

The Hawai‘i Island Community Health Center is integrating developmental screenings into their practice and conducting developmental screenings for children at their school-based health centers across Hawai‘i Island.