Safe Kids Week

Every month, week and day is a celebration of something—some of them are silly (did you know April is Fresh Florida Tomatoes Month?) but many of them are legitimate efforts to bring recognition to a serious issue.  You can find a lot of them here.  I try to write some of my posts around themes, and this is where I find most of them.  For example, next week is Safe Kids Week, so this post is about safety and kids.  I know, not too original, but it’s a way to get organized information out to you.  The Safe Kids site has information on safety programs and resources.  For example, there’s information on a Federal Express-sponsored program to help ensure kids have a safe walk to school.

The 13th Annual Child Maltreatment Conference is May 17-19 in LaCrosse.  From the agenda, it looks like the conference addresses a variety of child safety issues, with an emphasis on identifying, investigating and following up on abusive trauma.

Child and Child Safety Grants:

  • I’ve posted before about the WI Department of Transportation’s Safe Routes to School program.  It will provide funding to communities to encourage children to walk and bike to school by creating safer routes.  Guidelines will be out later this summer.  This seems like a good opportunity for EMS, schools and other organizations to collaborate.  Funders like to see collaboration!
  • The CVS Caremark Community Grant program accepts proposals on an ongoing basis through October 31 for several child-related programs.  The focus is children with disabilities and inclusiveness, including providing greater access to physical activities. 
  • Build a Bear Workshop awards grants to child safety organizations in communities that are located near one of their stores.  There are several stores in Wisconsin; you can locate them here.

UW Health has a number of resources related to child safety.  The Kohl’s Safety Centers (in Madison and Watertown) offer low cost safety products including bike helmets and childproofing kits.  There’s educational material here on other safety topics, such as babysitting and skiing/snowboarding safety.  There are also videos and other material on the proper use of car seats.

Here are a couple interesting sites related to agricultural safety and children.  The Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation has developed the North American Guidelines for Children’s Agricultural Tasks  to assist parents in assigning farm jobs to their children 7 – 16 years of age.  They offer some tips on supervising children as they safely do chores around the farm and guidelines by chore and age.  For example, they recommend that children younger than 10 not collect eggs or clean poultry houses.   Farm Safety 4 Just Kids is an organization dedicated to promoting a safe farm environment to prevent health hazards, injuries, and fatalities to children and youth.  They have resources and ideas for safety programs.

April 23, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Conferences and Webinars, Grant Advice, Training and Tools

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