Children’s Safety Network

overarching goal of this program is to reduce infant, child, and adolescent injury hospitalizations and deaths. This program will: • Provide technical assistance (TA) and capacity-building services to state Title V agencies, including implementing learning collaboratives. • Develop and disseminate up-to-date injury prevention resources. • Maintain a coalition of national, state, and local agencies and other key injury prevention stakeholders. • Increase coordination with Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) programs, resource centers, and partner organizations on injury prevention activities. The Program will collect and report on baseline data in Year 1 (June 1, 2023 – May 31, 2024) and subsequently achieve the following core objectives/targets by May 31, 2028: • Provide individual TA to at least 25 states and jurisdictions on child and adolescent safety. • Develop and disseminate at least 15 written resources, 25 public webinars, 25 state TA Webinars, and publish at least 6 peer-reviewed journal articles on child and adolescent safety. • Document that at least 90% of teams participating in the learning collaboratives report increased knowledge and application of child safety quality improvement strategies. • Document that at least 50% of teams participating in the learning collaborative report implementing evidence-driven practices, programs, and policies. • Increase by at least 50% the number of MCHB programs, resource centers, and partner organizations collaborating and coordinating with CSN. For more details, see Program Requirements and Expectations.