SAFE KIDS New York State is a coalition of public and private organizations working together to prevent injuries and deaths to children. Unintentional injuries are the number one killer of children ages 0 to 14. Local statistics have identified the need to focus on: child passenger safety, pedestrian safety, bicycle/wheeled sports safety, water safety, falls and fire/burn safety. More children die annually from unintentional injury than from all childhood diseases combined. Nationally, more than ------- children under age 14 are killed and at least -------- are permanently disabled from injury each year. Children are seriously injured and killed in traffic as passengers, pedestrians and bicyclists. They also suffer from burns, drowning, poisoning, choking, firearm injuries and falls. These injuries exact a tremendous toll, not only in lives lost, but also in years of financial and emotional suffering caused by lifelong disabilities. New York State coalition members have a passion to protect children, enabling them to grow  healthy and safe.

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Sincerely,

Rosemarie C. Ennis, EMT, Coordinator
Safe Kids New York State Coalition

 

    We Are SAFE KIDS New York !

The SAFE KIDS New York State Coalition works to prevent unintentional injuries to children from birth through age 14.

The Coalition primarily addresses the following major injury risk areas:

•   Traffic incident, including children as passengers, pedestrians and bicyclists

•   Fires and burns

•   Drowning and near-drowning

•   Falls

•   Poisoning

•   Choking, suffocation, strangulation

The goal of the New York SAFE KIDS Coalitions is to reduce the incidence of preventable childhood injury to children under 14. The Coalition is a structured group of diverse individuals and organizations who have joined together to:

•   Provide leadership in the community in reducing childhood injury/death from accidents in New York State  through injury prevention/safety programs and initiatives

•   Encourage both local and state  legislative, advocacy .

•   Achieve practical safety improvements through public policy development and, best practices  Working for change in products and the environment that will reduce the causes of injury.

•   Raise overall community awareness about injury incidence and injury prevention through the media and public education. Educating adults and children about specific injury prevention techniques and emergency response

•   Serve as a means for institutional change. Making child injury prevention a public policy priority for federal, state and local lawmakers

•   Distribute lifesaving products such as smoke/carbon monoxide detectors, bike helmets, and child car seats.

•   Raising awareness among adults, especially parents and  childcare providers, that injury/death  from accidents i  the leading health threat of young children..

•   Adirondack Coalition   Led by: The Foundation of CVPH Medical Center

•   Capital Region Coalition   Led by: Albany Medical Center

•   Nassau County Coalition    Led by: North Shore- LIJ Health System

•   New York City Coalition   Led by: NYC Department of Transportation
                [ Manhattan, Bronx, Staten Island ]

•   Otsego County Coalition    Led by: Bassett Health Care

•   Suffolk County Coalition    Led by: Stony Brook University Medical Center

•   Syracuse Coalition    Led by: Onondaga County Health Department

•   Westchester County Coalition   Led by: Blythedale Children's Hospital

New York currently has eight active SAFE KIDS Chapters statewide addressing preventable injuries in children under 14. They are:

• Central New York Chenango County Chapter
                   Led by: Chenango County Child Care Coordinating Council

• Finger Lakes Chapter  Led by: Canandaigua YMCA

• Franklin County Chapter   Led by: Alice Hyde Medical Center

• Queens County Chapter  Led by: North Shore- LIJ Health System

• Livingston County Chapter  Led by: Cornell Cooperative Extension

• Town of Greece Chapter  Led by: Greece Police Department

• Brooklyn / Kings County Chapter   Led by: Lutheran Medical Center

• Rockland County Chapter   Led by: Nyack Hospital

• Western New York State Chapter   Led by: SafeWNY, Inc.

SAFE KIDS coalitions promote collaboration among local businesses, traffic safety and public health professionals, concerned citizens, local government and members of various other organizations. SAFE KIDS Coalitions activities include:

•   Educating children on the health risks of falls, burns, poison, drowning, choking and motor vehicle crashes (seat belts, child safety seats, pedestrian/bicycle safety).

•   Assisting agencies integrate injury prevention activities into their setting.

•   Collaborating with national, state and local agencies to develop unintentional injury prevention initiatives.

•   Developing written materials and information sharing state-of-the-art practices.

•   Distributing/loaning bicycle safety helmets and child safety seats to children in need.

•   Conduct Car Seat Check Up Events and work at Child Safety Seat Fitting Stations.

NY Safe Kids Coalitions and Chapters