Children's Safety

The Council for Children & Families (CCF) has adopted a new Protective Factor framework to guide our grant making and system change efforts. The changes reflect advances in research and the availability of new accountability tools.

 

New CCF Protective Factor Framework
• Nurturing and Attachment
• Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development
• Parental Resilience
• Social Connections
• Concrete Support for Families
• Children’s Social Emotional Competence

With temperatures soaring into the upper 80’s and 90’s across the state, the Council for Children & Families (CCF) would like to offer a few simple parent tips to help keep kids safe and cool during this unusually warm weather.

US Department of Health and Human Services offers flash movies, games, and information about bullying and how to prevent it.

A list of current classes and events for parents, teens and kids from Seattle Children's.

Events and classes include car seat checks, infant CPR, babysitting classes, children with special needs, meal support training for parents, and more.

Prevention Institute is a non-profit national center dedicated to improving community health and well-being by building momentum for effective primary prevention. Since its founding in 1997, the organization has focused on injury and violence prevention, traffic safety, health disparities, nutrition and physical activity, and youth development.

Clearinghouse for public-health information relating to injuries and injury prevention.