Safe Kids Worldwide President Torine Creppy, left, recently visited Connecticut to share news of Safe Kids’ Signature Grant for Griffin Health with Cathi Kellett, Griffin Health Community Outreach & Parish Nurse Department Special Programs supervisor and Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley Coalition coordinator.
Griffin Health Community Outreach and Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley aim to enhance their child safety programing in the Valley thanks to a $44,000 grant from Safe Kids Worldwide.
Griffin and Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley are the first recipients of Safe Kids Worldwide Signature Grant.
The $44,000 grant is comprised of $25,000 from Safe Kids and $19,000 from State Farm Insurance, which is specifically ear-marked for child passenger safety programs. The Safe Kids Worldwide Signature Grant supports strategic, innovative, data-driven, and sustainable road, safe sleep, and water safety initiatives that help connect, strengthen, and build community alliances.
The grant will help Griffin grow existing community partnerships that offer programs such as pedestrian safety, bicycling safety, summer safety and free child seat safety clinics, and develop community connections to reach new audiences in order to increase the culture of safety in communities where children are at greater risk.
“This grant recognizes Griffin’s and Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley’s efforts to use local data to guide its initiatives and collaborate with community partners to ensure the greatest impact while also identifying areas that require further partnerships or injury prevention initiatives to address the community’s needs,” said Cathi Kellett, Griffin Health Community Outreach & Parish Nurse Department Special Programs supervisor and Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley Coalition coordinator. “We look forward to better understanding the challenges and gaps in reaching local communities where unintentional injuries are most prevalent. Additionally, we aim to create solutions to address the specific injury prevention needs and share findings and solutions with our network.”
Griffin Health Community Outreach partners with Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley as part of Griffin’s commitment to improving the health and well-being of its community through free education, guidance and assistance in preventing childhood injuries, managing chronic disease, and in promoting overall wellness. Griffin’s mission is to empower individuals to make choices that change their lifestyles for the better, and to go beyond caring for individuals when they are not well by building a meaningful relationship, guiding, and coaching them to maximize their quality of life.
About Safe Kids Worldwide
Safe Kids Worldwide is a nonprofit organization working to reduce unintentional injuries to children ages 0-14 and build equitable and sustained systems that support injury prevention. Since 1988, Safe Kids and its partners have contributed to a more than 60 percent reduction in the rate of fatal childhood unintentional injury in the U.S. Learn more at safekids.org.