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About the TEAM for West Virginia Children On this site is an overview of our main programs. The TEAM, its programs and its partners seek to build strong families and safe communities thereby preventing child abuse. Child abuse and neglect prevention is not just the right thing to do, it's the best thing to do for the long-term prosperity of our country. You can support the programs of the TEAM by making a donation through Network for Good. Click on the Network for Good icon throughout the site or click on the following link to help create stronger, healthier families today. Our Financial Report and Annual Report for Fiscal Year 08-09 is available. Please call (304) 523-9587 ext. 308 if you have questions.
The new campaign, funded by the West Virginia Children's Trust Fund in collaboration with the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation, focuses on two infant safety issues: Infant Safe Sleep and Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome. The safe sleep campaign provides tips on how to put a baby to bed safely; for example, infants who sleep in an adult bed or on other furniture are forty times more likely to die from accidental suffocation. The campaign aimed at preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome will provide information on how to cope with long periods of crying; inconsolable crying is the primary trigger for adults who resort to shaking an infant. More information is available at: http://www.safesoundbabies.com
Ruth C. Sullivan, Ph.D. The TEAM for West Virginia Children presented its 4th annual Service to Children Award to Ruth C. Sullivan, Ph.D. on May 11, 2010. This award is to recognize Ruth's outstanding dedication to educating and supporting children and families with autism in West Virginia. "Ruth Sullivan is a pioneer in the field of autism. Her dedication to children and adults with autism has created the policies and infrastructure to sustain lifelong changes in West Virginia and beyond," said Laurie McKeown, executive director of TEAM for West Virginia Children. "This is the same philosophy TEAM for West Virginia Children practices. By creating policies and infrastructure to prevent child abuse and neglect, the TEAM has been working to create safe and healthy communities for West Virginia children for over two decades."
We welcome your feedback and suggestions on this site. E-mail, write or call us. PHONE: (304) 523-9587 ext. 308
E-MAIL: team@teamwv.org MAIL: TEAM for West Virginia Children P.O. Box 1653 Huntington, WW 25717-1653
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Our Babies: Safe and Sound, a new statewide campaign was unveiled on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at the Charleston Area Medical Center's Women & Children's Hospital. 
