Program Purpose

The purpose of the Keeping Kids Alive Program is to better understand child deaths at the local level.  With an adequate understanding of how child deaths occur in our own community we can improve local response / death investigation processes and plan & implement interventions to reduce future child deaths.

Award Purpose

The Keeping Kids Alive Award was established to recognize and encourage initiatives to create and/or improve collaboration to benefit children / families and reduce child deaths.

Award Background

The Keeping Kids Alive Award was established in 2005 to recognize & encourage the efforts of local county child death teams in the State of Michigan who review child deaths through the Keeping Kids Alive Program to improve their local process of response, death investigation, autopsy, or prevention initiatives.

The award is only available to child death teams at a local or regional level.  1 – 3 winners may be selected & recognized yearly and announced at the annual CDRT Training in May of each year.  Please note that there are no travel funds or other monetary awards available for the winner(s). This award is offered by The Keeping Kids Alive Program and is intended to recognize excellence.

Eligibility

All local CDRT’s are eligible to apply. Applications may be submitted regionally or by individual county.

Full Award Process Summary [.doc] [.pdf]

Keeping Kids Alive Award Nomination Form [.doc] [.pdf]

2005 Keeping Kids Alive Award Recipient Summary [.doc] [.pdf]