April 2010 Newsblast

Tue, 04/27/2010 - 20:18 — admin

CIPN April NewsBlast:

Welcome CIPN Members! The NewsBlast is one way we try to keep members informed of recent injury prevention research, practices, and upcoming events. For more information visit: www.injurypreventionnetwork.org.  

April at a Glance:

April 5-11, 2010
National Public Health Week: A Healthier America- One Community at a Time
For more information, click here.

April 23, 2010, 8:30 am – 1:45 pm
Free Safe Routes to School Workshop
Sacramento, CA
To register, click here.

May 2010
National Youth Traffic Safety Month
For more information, click here.

June 6-9, 2010
18th Annual Summer Institute: Principles and Practice of Injury Prevention
Baltimore, MD
For more information, click here. 

Kids' Plates Funding Opportunity:

Kids' Plates Request for CPS Technician and/or Instructor Certification, Recertification, and/or Renewal Fees
Funding: This opportunity supports payment for NHTSA Technician and/or Instructor certification, recertification, and/or renewal course fees.
Deadline: May 31st or until funds are depleted

Other CIPN Funding Alerts:

Technical Assistance For Communities Incorporating Smart Growth 2010
Smart Growth and EPA
Funding: The Development, Community, and Environment Division (DCED), known as the Smart Growth Program, in EPA’s Office of Policy, Economics, and Innovation is seeking letters of interest from states, regions, and communities that want to develop in ways that reflect the principles of smart growth and meet environmental and other goals
Deadline for the Request for Letters of Interest (RFLI): By April 9, 2010

ING -Run For Something Better School Awards Program
Funding: ING Run For Something Better, in partnership with the National Association for Sport and Physical Education, seeks to increase physical activity in students and help fight childhood obesity through the creation of school-based running programs or expansion of existing programs.
Deadline: April 15, 2010

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Local Funding Partnerships
Funding: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships program seeks to create relationships between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and local grant makers to fund promising, original projects that can significantly improve the health of vulnerable populations. 
Deadline: June 30, 2010

OJJDP Multi-State Mentoring Initiative
Funding: This solicitation invites eligible applicants to propose the enhancement or expansion of initiatives that will assist in the development and maturity of community programs to provide mentoring services to high-risk populations that are underserved due to location, shortage of mentors, special physical or mental challenges of the targeted population, or other analogous situations identified by the community in need of mentoring services.
Deadline: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 22, 2010.

Highway Safety Research Center’s Pedestrian Safety Workshop Request for Proposals
Funding: The Highway Safety Research Center (HSRC) is seeking proposals to fund up to 12 organizations to teach “Pedestrian Safety Workshop: A Focus on Older Adults.”
Deadline: May 7, 2010

The Starbucks Foundation - Starbucks Shared Planet Youth Action Grants
Funding: The Starbucks Shared Planet Youth Action Grants are designed to help young people realize their natural potential to reinvent their local communities.
Deadline: Rolling

Related Journal Abstracts, Articles, and Resources:

General Injury Prevention

Consumer Product Safety Commission Recalls

Poison Prevention

Vehicle Occupant and Traffic Safety

Pedestrian Safety

Sports Prevention

SIDS Prevention and Safe Sleeping Habits

Intentional Injury Prevention