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The Governors Office of Highway Safety(GOHS) has awarded Injury Free Coalition for Kids- Atlanta with a $116,000 grant to educate and provide safety seat training to parents and caregivers. [more]

Grady Health System: Injury Free Coalition for Kids-Atlanta has continued to be funded by the Georgia Governors Office of Highway Safety(GOHS) for a child safety program in the amount of $122,800. [more]

Atlanta Governors Office of Highway Safety Renews Grant for another Grant Period [more]

Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta continues to receive grant award of $136,480 from the Georgia Governors Office of Highway Safety, for Cuidad Los Ninos - Keeping your children safe - Occupant safety program [more]

Injury Free Coalition for Kids - Atlanta receive the 2007 Community Service Certificate of Recognition. With gratitude for your commitment and dedication to the health, education, and welfare of your community. They receive a award of $1500.00 to purchase restraint systems. [more]

SEPTEMBER 27, 2007 - INJURY FREE COALITION FOR KIDS OF ATLANTA CONTINUE TO RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE GOVERNORS OFFICE OF HIGHWAY SAFETY [more]

The United Nations has designated April 23rd to April 29thj as Global Safety Week. Millions of Advocates are Mobilizing Globally to Increase Teen Seat Belt Use Everywhere, Every Trip [more]

TIPS TO GETTING A CAR SEAT FOR A CHILD [more]

INJURY FREE COALITION FOR KIDS OF ATLANTA CAR SEAT DISTRIBUTION PROCEDURE [more]

Injury Prevention topics and provides valuable resources to expecting moms; Cuidad Los Nino’s: Keeping the Children Safe Occupant Safety Program concentrates its efforts more specifically on Child Passenger Safety. Donna Childress - Program Assistant reports that “Although other injury prevention information is disseminated to parents and caregiver’s who attend we are really focusing on delivering child passenger safety education because of the 95% misuse rate in Georgia and try to limit information provided to this injury topic for these classes.” [more]

Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta Receives Recognition for Serving Over 700 Local Seniors and Youth in Urban Safety and Survival Campaign in partnership with Atlanta Fire and Rescue [more]

Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta Receives Grant Award of $128,500 from Governor’s Office of Highway Safety Get the WHO, WHAT, WHERE, & WHEN [more]

On September 21, 2005 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Board of Trustees members visited the Grady Health System. The Grady Health System is home to two of its funded programs: the Urgent Matters Program, which focuses on emergency room improvement, administered by the acclaimed Dr. Leon Haley and the Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta, a local site of the national dissemination of a model injury prevention program for children & adolescents; a $15-million national program of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation® (RWJF) to reduce and prevent injuries to children. [more]

Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta welcomes new Research Coordinator. [more]

Local Injury Free Coalition for Kids (IFCK) of Atlanta leaders attended the Annual National Conference held each year by the National Program Office of IFCK. This year the event was held again in sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida at Pier 66 from Dec 3-5. A well planned event as usual created opportunities to network, learn, and become recharged in our efforts to reduce injury. This year’s participants attending representing the Atlanta site were Barbara Pettit, MD - Principal Investigator, Ana Everett, MPA – Injury Free Coalition for Kids-Atlanta @ Hughes Spalding Children’s Hospital Program Director and Coalition Partner - Amanda Cadore, representing Safety Street Georgia our Pedestrian Safety Partner. [more]

Injury Free Coalition for Kids: Atlanta @ Hughes Spalding Children's Hospital 2004/2005 Strategic Planning Retreat held March 26, 2004. [more]

As a pediatrician and medical director of the Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta, Terri McFadden, MD, assistant professor of pediatrics at the Emory University School of Medicine, has treated her share of childhood injuries. Yet many of them, she says, can often be avoided if parents become more aware of what can be done to prevent injuries from occurring. Now as many children prepare to head back to school, Dr. McFadden offers several tips on how parents can keep their children safe and injury-free. [more]

The annual Summer Safety Camp sponsored by the Injury Free Coalition For Kids-Atlanta at Hughes Spalding Children’s Hospital was a great success this year. This year we partnered with the Frank Ski Kids Foundation to provide Metropolitan Atlanta area children with important health and safety information. The Summer Safety Camp was featured during a live broadcast of the Frank Ski Morning Show on WVEE, V103-FM, from Greenbriar Mall's - Magic Johnson Movie Theatre Tuesday morning, June 10. The camp offered fun and informative activities on topics ranging from bicycle, fire and home safety, violence prevention, pedestrian safety, and occupant safety. [more]

Injury Free Coalition for Kids partners with Atlanta Workforce Development Agency and creates a Summer Youth Injury Prevention Health Educator Team. We recieved and award of over $15,000.00 to cover the placement cost of these young people for a 6 week period. Now that is empowerment. [more]

Injury Free Coalition for Kids: Atlanta Does Interview for Tu Vida TV: Educating Hispanic Families on the coalition services and programs. [more]

Saturday, August 24, 2002 was a great day for the Injury Free Coalition For Kids-Atlanta site. On this sweltering day in August, 400 children were afforded the opportunity to have a safe, local playground that is critical to their social and physical development. The playground was built in the University Homes Community, a public housing facility that houses more than 400 children. The area around University Homes is virtually land locked; it is surrounded on all sides by the colleges that form the Atlanta University Center. There were no parks, playgrounds, or recreational areas within walking distance of this community. The lack of recreational areas, the socioeconomic status of the residents, and the high number of children created an environment in which children and parents had limited recreational and play options. The children and parents, were therefore, forced to create their own play space which was usually located in the streets surrounding the community which were frequented by heavy commuter traffic. Due to the demographics and the rate of death from injury among children ages 1-15, the University Homes Community demonstrated a dire need for a safe, contained play space for its residents. [more]

Injury Free - Atlanta has been awarded two AmeriCorps VISTA to expand organization's capacity to solve community problems related to Injury Prevention of Children/Youth and Outreach to the Hispanic Community. [more]

A number of Atlanta families now have the tools and knowledge of how to make sure their children do not fall victim to the number one killer and cause of hospitalization for young people. During a special baby shower sponsored by the Allstate Foundation, the Injury Free Coalition for Kidssm, and the hospital, representatives from 60 families gathered at Hughes Spalding Hospital of Grady Health System to learn about home safety and how to make sure their children are properly transported in motor vehicles. [more]

Atlanta, GA - The Injury Free Coalition for Kids and The Allstate Foundation join Hughes Spalding Children’s Hospital today to launch a nationwide effort to educate families about ways they can reduce childhood injuries, the leading cause of death and hospitalization for children. "The Safe At Home And On The Road with Allstate" national campaign kicks-off at 10am with a "Baby Safety Shower" at Hughes Spalding Children's Hospital. Expectant mothers and caregivers were invited to attend and will receive "Safe at Home and on the Road with Allstate" kits, a child safety seat and instructions on how to make their homes and vehicles safe for children. [more]

Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta of the Grady Health System is a proud national partner of the 2005 Covering Kids & Families Back-to-School Campaign. “With more than 8.4 million uninsured children in the United States, this effort to enroll eligible children in Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and inform parents about these available health care coverage programs and is more urgent than ever before,” said Ana Everett, MPA Injury Free Coalition for Kids Program Coordinator. [more]

INJURY FREE COALITION FOR KIDS – ATLANTA NUMBERS INCREASE FOR CUIDAD LOS NINO’S: KEEPING THE CHILDREN SAFE OCCUPANT SAFETY PROGRAM [more]