Community Health Programs

In 2021, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford supported the following programs to enhance the lives of parents and children through educational support and community programming.

Community Classes and Support Groups We provide hundreds of family wellness and preventive care classes and community lectures each year. Our prenatal, infant, and child classes guide and support families through pregnancy, childbirth, and growing a family. Our preteen, teen, and parenting classes offer lessons on puberty, body changes, and communication for parents and children. Our free community lectures from our clinical experts help families stay updated on how to keep their children safe and healthy.

Our investment: $15,052 Individuals served: 16,788

Safety and Injury Prevention Programs Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford is dedicated to preventing injuries in children. Through collaboration with the Pediatric Trauma Program, the Childhood Injury Prevention Program addresses the leading mechanism of injuries facing children with a number of education programs in communities across the region.

Our investment: $256,046 Individuals served: 3,400

• Safely Home car seat fitting program

This program assists and educates parents on proper car seat fit and installation techniques.

With the support of bilingual certified technicians and volunteers, the program provides a weekly child passenger safety education program, virtual classes in the community, and trainings and

continuing education for child passenger safety technicians across the Bay Area. • Social Work Fund

The Injury Prevention Program partners with the

Social Work department at Packard Children’s to provide vulnerable patients with safety education and equipment. • Pedestrian and bike safety

Through our partnership with Safe Routes to

School programs across our region, our pedestrian and bike safety program provides helmets, resources, and education so that kids can stay safe while biking and walking. • Supporting new parents

Our Injury Prevention team partners with local programs to provide education and safety equipment to expectant and new parents.

The program collaborates with Nurse Family

Partnership (NFP) in San Mateo County, Puente, and Sacred Heart Community Service. • Safe Kids Coalition

As a leader in children’s health in our community,

Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford serves as the host agency for the Safe Kids Santa

Clara/San Mateo Coalition. The coalition network brings together local public and private agencies, health care professionals, educators, and familyserving organizations that work collaboratively on prevention activities and events to keep children safe.

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Puente

By joining forces with Puente, a community-based organization in San Mateo County’s South Coast, we provide safety workshops for families to support the health and well-being of their young children. Through our quarterly virtual education classes and distribution of car seats, pack and plays, and home safety kits, Puente and Packard Children’s are committed to ensuring that families have the knowledge and resources to raise healthy kids.