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The
National Safe Kids Campaign is the
first and only national non-profit organization dedicated solely to the prevention of
unintentional childhood injury — the number one killer of children ages 14 and under.
Click here to see what our
Council is doing about Child Passenger Safety.
The National Highway
Transportation Safety Association has an excellent web site regarding child pasenger
safety. Click here for more
information!
Safe Kids Worldwide is a global network of organizations whose mission
is to prevent accidental childhood injury, a leading killer of children
14 and under. More than 450 coalitions in 16 countries bring together
health and safety experts, educators, corporations, foundations,
governments and volunteers to educate and protect families.
The Child Safety Task Force non-profit
consumer advocacy organization. Our mission is to serve as a resource
for parents, consumers, and legislators on issues which impact the
safety and well-being of our children.
The
Childrens Safety Network works with
maternal and child health (MCH), public health, and other injury prevention practitioners
to implement and administer activitie that improve injury and
violence prevention
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
serves as a focal point in providing assistance to parents, children, law enforcement,
schools, and the community in recovering missing children and raising public awareness
about ways to help prevent child abduction, molestation, and sexual exploitation.
Child Safety Experts work to help educate
parents on some of the dangers around their child and how to remove them and create a safe
environment for their child or infant.
Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children is a private, non-profit child welfare agency that serves as an advocate for children and families, pioneering
and providing programs, and advocating for public policy and resources to prevent child
abuse, treat the victims of abuse, and strengthen families. Carnegie
Cyber Academy - This web site teaches children
and parents about how they can be safe on the internet.
Commonwealth
of Massachusetts - Executive Office of Health & Human Services
Injury Prevention & Safety
- If you have any program specific
questions. please contact the staff:
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Topic
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Contact
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Phone
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Emergency Medical Services
for Children
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Deb Clappp
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617-624-5088
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Fire Safety
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Christine Farrell-O'Reilly
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617-624-6076
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Injury State Plan Implementation
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Lewis Howe
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617-624-5460
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Injury Data
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Holly Hackman
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617-624-5466
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Poison Prevention
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Colleen Longfellow
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617-624-5450
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Suicide Prevention
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Alan Holmlund
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617-624-5476
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Janice Ventre
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617-624-5477
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Allison Brill
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617-624-5299
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Traffic Safety, Home
Safety
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Colleen McGuire
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617-624-6070
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Youth Suicide Prevention
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Heather Wightman
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617-624-5074
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Brandy Brooks
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617-624-5494
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Massachusetts
Dept of Public Health - Injury Prevention and Control Program
250
Washington St
Boston, MA 02108
The mission of the Injury Prevention and Control Program (IPCP) is to
reduce the rates of injuries at home, at school, in the community, on
the road, and at play, and to improve emergency medical services for
children. MADD Massachusetts
18
Tremont St
Boston, MA 02108
MADD helps save lives through education, awareness, and advocacy for
the passage and enforcement of anti-drunk driving and underage drinking
laws. We provide critical emotional support for survivors, family
members and friends coping with the devastation caused by a drunk
driving crash. Office
of the State Fire Marshall - Space Heater Fire Safety
PO
Box 1025
State Road
Stowe, MA 01776
Space Heater Fires Between 2002-2006
57 space heater fires were reported to the Office of the State Fire Marshal between 2002-2006.
While these fires are not frequent, they are deadly.
One of every 14 space heater fires causes a fatality. 30% of these fires were
caused when combustible materials such as bedding, magazines,
newspapers or furniture were too close to the heater, and another 12%
were caused when rugs, carpets or mats were under or too close to the
heater. If you must use a space heater, use it as safely as possible!
Download
the free Space Heater Fire Safety flyer here!
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  Call MASS 211 at 877-211-6277 for
local
referrals or contact one of these organizations:
ACES~Association for Children for
Enforcement of Support - ACES
is a non-profit child support organization. We are parents whose children are entitled to
support working to improve child support enforcement, educating ourselves about legal
rights and remedies and promoting public awareness about the plight of affected children.
Call:1-800-738-ACES.
Child Support Network (CSN)
is a specialized service company that locates missing parents and collects court ordered
family support payments. Family support includes child support, spousal support, medical
support, and educational support. We are the alternative to overburdened state child
support agencies.
Mass. Child Support Enforcement Division (CSE) assists parents in establishing paternity and child support
orders, collecting child support, and asking courts to adjust child support orders when
circumstances change.
Office of Child Care Services (OCCS)
Massachusetts Office of Child Care
Services (OCCS) - created an integrated system
to deliver quality, accessible and affordable child care services. Standardized
eligibility procedures for families in need of help paying for child care, and work to
eliminate the number of families waiting for care. You can actually search
for family day care and day care centers by zip code and learn about other programs.
Taunton Regional Office - Region 5
21 Spring Street, Suite 2
Taunton, MA 02780
Phone: (508) 828-5025
Fax: (508) 828-5235
For licensing and complaint information
Massachusetts Citizens for Children
(MCC) is a non-profit statewide child advocacy organization, whose mission is to
improve the lives of the state's most vulnerable children through advocacy by concerned
citizens.
The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children (MSPCC) is a private, non-profit child welfare agency with a
long-standing commitment to the children of Massachusetts.
The
Federation for Children with Special Needs is a center for parents and parent
organizations to work together on behalf of children with special needs and their
families.
Family
TIES (Together In Enhancing Support) of Massachusetts is a statewide information and
parent-to-parent support project for families of children with special needs and chronic
illness. It is administered by parent coordinators housed in each of the six regional
offices of the Massachusetts' Department of Public Health.
Attleboro
508-226-2030
Rehoboth/Seekonk 508-675-2451
Norton 508-285-5021
Taunton 508-822-5388
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Department
of Children & Families |
Taunton/Attleboro
Mill River Place
1 Washington Street
Taunton, MA 02780
Phone: 508-821-7000
Toll Free: 800-441-3143
Fax: 508-822-1453
Website:
Department of Children
and Families
Community Care Services is a private, non-profit
corporation that has been meeting the
behavioral health care needs of families throughout Massachusetts and Rhode
Island for nearly 50 years. Since its inception in 1952, Community Care Services
has grown to over 30 locations with 48 unique programs, we provide support for
the needs of the whole person. Community Cares provides a full range
of residential services.Click on the link below for more information
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SUMMARY OF ALL SERVICES
Office of Child Care Services (OCCS)
Massachusetts Office of Child Care
Services (OCCS) - created an integrated system
to deliver quality, accessible and affordable child care services. Standardized
eligibility procedures for families in need of help paying for child care, and work to
eliminate the number of families waiting for care. You can actually search
for family day care and day care centers by zip code and learn about other programs.
Taunton Regional Office - Region 5,
21 Spring Street, Suite 2,
Taunton, MA 02780
Phone: (508) 828-5025
Fax: (508) 828-5235
For licensing and complaint information
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