Community Partners Unite to Prevent Child Deaths in Pinellas County
Sep 29, 2025
On September 25, JWB leadership and staff brought together nearly 50 members representing 20 organizations for the Pinellas Preventable Child Deaths Planning Team.
Leaders reviewed new data and the FY2026 strategic plan, engaging in a dynamic dialogue focused on consistent education, coordinated materials, and strong community partnerships aimed at preventing the leading causes of death for young children: infant sleep-related suffocation, drowning, and abusive head trauma.
Participating organizations included:
- BayCare Kids
- CASA Pinellas
- Clearwater Police Department
- Department of Children and Families;
- Drug Free America Foundation
- FDOH-CHPM
- Healthy Families–Pinellas DOH
- Healthy Start Coalition of Pinellas
- John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital
- Mace Anthony Williamson Foundation
- Palm Harbor Community Services Agency
- Palm Harbor Fire Rescue
- Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office
- Pinellas Department of Health
- Pinellas DOH–WIC & Nutrition
- Pinellas Nurse Family Partnership
- Safe Kids Pinellas–Suncoast Safe Kids
- St. Pete Fire Rescue
- Suncoast Center
- Sunstar
- Treasure Island Fire Rescue
- United Way Suncoast
