Funding Opportunities

Safe Communities America
has compiled informational resources and links to support the development of your local safety promotion and injury prevention programs.

Safe Communities America Resources

International Safe Communities Network Sites

• WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion
• Safe Communities Canada
• Safe Communities Foundation — New Zealand
• European Safe Community Network
• Victorian Safe Communities Network

Coalition Building Resources

• 2009 MetLife Preliminary Application
• The Community Tool Box
• The Prevention Institute: Tools: Developing Effective Coalitions: An Eight Step Guide
• Safe Communities | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA) | U.S. Department of Transportation
• Turning Point Leadership Development

Data Sources and Data Collection

• CDC - Data & Statistics
• FARS Encyclopedia (Traffic Fatality Reporting System)
• Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Home Page (US Department of Labor)
• US Census Bureau – American Fact Finder

Injury and Violence Prevention Resources

• Protecting the ones you love
• The Prevention Institute: Tools: Spectrum of Prevention
• Turning Point Social Marketing
• Blueprints for Violence Prevention Overview
• NREPP - The National Registry of Evidence-based Programs & Practices
• Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities | Home

Child Safety Education Begins with You

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children NCMEC the educational program known as Prevention Works to corporations across the country as a free public service. The compelling, one-hour presentation takes a positive approach to child safety education, to help parents, guardians, and concerned adults learn better ways to prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation.

Program Selection and Evaluation Resources

• Planning and Evaluation Resource Center

Transportation, Motor Vehicle and Pedestrian Safety

• Non-Crash Incidents and Children