Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Fatherhood Infant Safe Sleep Initiative Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Partnership: • The fraternity is partnering with the NICHD on the Safe Sleep Kappa Fatherhood initiative, in an
effort to teach fathers, grandfathers, uncles, brothers and other community stakeholders about ways to reduce SIDS and other sleep- related causes of infant death.
Education & Outreach •
Across Kappa’s membership, foundational knowledge is increasing on how to promote infant safe sleep practices and recommendations. Protocols have been put in place that added Safe Sleep messaging to the Membership Training Academy curriculum to ensure all new members are trained on best practices. Outreach activities have begun nationwide in promoting the Safe Sleep message—facilitating the delivery of educational STS materials to support community outreach by Kappa Chapter.
Grand Polemarch Thomas L. Battles, Jr.
All Kappa Leadership has endorsed this initiative. • Nearly two dozen additional state and national partnerships advance awareness of this in every community. • 289 Wellness Chairs have been selected. • 3450 members of Kappa Alpha Psi® have been trained. • 123 community events have been conducted throughout the United States. • The fraternity has garnered over $350,000 in funding to support Infant Safe Sleep Outreach.
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