Prevention Plans were developed by each county CFR team in the spring of 2007 and 2008 to help each teams develop a step-by-step action plan to address childhood injuries and fatalities in their area. The Prevention Plan started with a broad goal, then teams added short-term and long-term objectives that would help them to reach that goal. Each team then decided on three action steps that they could reasonably do to help them achieve their stated objectives, and ultimately reach their goal.

Every year, CFR teams work with their OCFR Program Manager to evaluate and refine their Prevention Plan goals and objectives. The OCFR Prevention Specialist works with the teams to get some of their objectives and action steps accomplished. OCFR staff members also help the teams by providing data, resources, and connections to community agencies that could help the teams achieve their goals.

Here is a breakdown of some Prevention Plan topics and the counties who have elected to work on them in the upcoming years. If you see that another county or circuit has chosen the same prevention topic as your team, you might want to partner with them and share resources and ideas for success!

Remember: Teamwork = Success!!

Seat Belts/ Child Safety Seats
Alapaha Judicial Circuit
Crawford
Spalding
Seminole
Pataula Judicial Circuit
Floyd
Houston
Paulding
Coffee
Monroe

Teen Drivers/Teen Passengers
Laurens
Polk
Bartow
Toombs
Chattooga
Paulding
Carroll
Lee
Southwestern Judicial Circuit
Dade
West Central Health District
Troup
Chattooga

Infant Safe Sleep/ SIDS/ SUID
Treutlen
Laurens
Effingham
Fulton
Appling
Bibb
Cobb
Gordon
Upson
Colquitt
Lowndes
Carroll
Douglas
Pickens
Cherokee
Southwest Judicial Circuit
Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit
Worth
Whitfield
Fannin
Haralson
Murray
Walker
Gordon
Floyd
Gilmer
Coweta
Meriwether
Dougherty
Decatur

Housing Inspections
Evans

ATVs and 4-Wheelers
Heard

Farm Injuries
Calhoun

Child Accidents
Grady
Thomas


Natural Disasters
Baker

Gun Safety
Bibb

Suicide
Fayette
Bulloch
Bryan
Tift

Newborn Abandonment
Wilcox
Ben Hill

Drug Use
Catoosa

Choking Game
Upson
Heard

House Fires
Mitchell
Peach

Domestic violence
Baker

Drowning
Spalding
Jeff Davis
Glynn

Poor Birth Outcomes
Lamar