We will utilize the areas of expertise of all partners focusing on:
- Teaching safety to children ages 3 - 14.
- Teaching safety to parents of children ages 0 - 14.
- Organizing events.
- Fund Raising, including grant writing.
- Providing direction and advice.
- Promoting public awareness of the leading cause of death in children ages 0 - 14 (accidental injury).
- Collecting and reporting data.
- Advocating for child safety.
- Providing cultural competencies to include the various cultures in our community.
- Supporting and promoting Safe Kids in the community as a partner.
Safe Kids Central Shenandoah Valley also works closely with the Strong Families Great Youth Coalition of the Harrisonburg/Rockingham community.
SFGYC Mission: The Strong
Families/ Great Youth Coalition is a working coalition that
will serve as a vehicle to foster increased collaboration,
reduce duplication of services, coordinate funding efforts,
collect programmatic data, increase environmental efforts to
positively effect the community’s perception of youth and
youth behaviors. The Strong Families/ Great Youth Coalition
will respond to the needs of youth and families in the
community as identified through the Community Needs
Assessment and the Youth Data Survey produced by the Healthy
Community Council and the Office on Children and Youth as
well as responding to emerging community needs.
Areas of focus include but are not limited to:
- Reducing alcohol use
- Reducing tobacco use
- Reducing illegal drug use
- Reducing accidental injury
- Reducing Teen pregnancy
- Increasing school attendance and reducing truancy
- Reducing threats and acts of violence among youth and preventing gang activity
- Increasing access and understanding of mental health and substance abuse issues related to youth
Contact Millie Tirado mtirado@rhcc.com or 540-564-7388 for questions about Strong Families Great Youth Coalition. Visit the website at www.uwhr.org/strongfamilies
Phone: 540-433-4438