Safe Kids and Home Safety Council Merge

The merger of Safe Kids and the Home Safety Council was completed in January of 2011. It brings together top experts in public health and safety with a common goal of preventing accidental injuries to children. The merger builds on the more than 40 years of combined experience of the two organizations in providing education and advocacy for preventing unintentional injuries, a leading cause of childhood deaths.

Under the Safe Kids Worldwide name, the organization is solely dedicated to the prevention of accidental injuries to children ages 0-14. Most Home Safety Council programs will consolidate within the Safe Kids USA organization.

Looking for HSC staff

Angela Mickalide amickalide@safekids.org

Next Step

Organization: Merging the two organizations will happen over the next 12-24 months. Some Home Safety Council program components will be combined with existing Safe Kids programs and some program components will be phased out.

Web site: Over the next 6-18 months we will be working on integrating the Home Safety Council Web site into the Safe Kids USA Website.

More Information

If you are looking for Home Safety Council information we suggest you take a look at the following links:

If you have any questions feel free to contact Katherine Collins, Public Relations Associate kcollins@safekids.org or 202-662-0600.