Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford got a $45,150 grant to promote injury prevention among youths.
The state Office of Policy and Management issued the funding via competitive bid as part of the Connecticut Keep Kids Safe Grant Program, the governor’s office said Wednesday.
The grant will help the hospital develop and disseminate injury prevention information -– choking, bike and pedestrian safety — for children and their parents via the Pediatric E-Network, a computer tablet-based system built for providing precisely this kind of safety information.
The network will have the potential to reach 92,000 Connecticut children and their families over a 12-month period.
