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Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID)

Award Number: NU38DP000013
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION & HEALTH PROMOTION
OPDIV: CDC
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2018
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2023

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Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) - Project Abstract New Jersey has been conducting public health surveillance of Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) for the past 10 years. The last few years have concentrated on education of safe sleep practices and providing safe sleep environments to targeted areas. In our last annual report we found that 99% of our reviewed deaths occurred during sleep and the sleep environment was hazardous. This translates into 69 children. The majority of these deaths have been determined to be preventable and the New Jersey Child Fatality and Near Fatality Review Board (NJCFNFRB) recognizes that in order for this information to resonate with people there needs to be further analysis and dissemination of this information to both internal and external stakeholders to make an impact. Being awarded the Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Case Registry (SUID Core Component 1) grant will afford the CFNFRB the opportunity to further deepen the work it has been doing in the last 10 years. Through in-depth case review and entering into the web-based tool, the NJCFNFRB will be able to accurately depict what is occurring in the homes of our infants and hope to gain a better understanding of why our infants are being placed in unsafe sleep environments. Currently the CFNFRB is working with the Medical Examiner’s Office to ensure SUID investigations are being performed comprehensively through use of the SUIDI form and in a timely manner. This assists the NJCFNFRB in obtaining a more accurate picture of the key risk factors involved with our families and points the NJCFNFRB in the right direction of how to engage with our community service providers and families. Our outreach with the Medical Examiner’s office has already begun and will continue. The CFNFRB recognizes that many times there are multiple risk factors involved when a family experiences a SUID. Many of New Jersey’s families are plagued by addiction which often times occurs alongside homelessness due to the transient nature of addiction. The CFNFRB has partnered with Volunteers of America and Southern Jersey Perinatal to further disseminate our findings and work together to publicize the current data to make it useful and help prevent safe sleep. This particular Volunteers of America have a number of programs in 11 counties in New Jersey encompassing many of our higher risk communities. Among their programs are family shelters which serve a large number of New Jersey’s vulnerable population. In addition, they recently began a new initiative working with the population affected by opioid addiction. Through education and providing informative analysis of our data our hope is to reach this community. By using our knowledge, attitude and tools we are hoping to create an upstream approach. We will pilot our project with the Volunteers of America that provides services to our mainly southern region and hopefully translate to the other regions throughout the state further down the road. The plan is through providing safe sleep environments and education to these shelters the staff there can use the knowledge to model safe sleep behavior for these families that will be transitioning out of the shelters. More knowledge alongside real time data will hopefully make a change in this at risk population. Perhaps by disseminating statistics and alarming trends the community will seek to make changes in infant sleep practices.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = -$23,367 )
2024	2022	EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY	50 E STATE ST	TRENTON	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs	01	5	9/25/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	-$23,367
2024	2021	EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY	50 E STATE ST	TRENTON	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs	01	5	9/25/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2020	EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY	50 E STATE ST	TRENTON	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs	01	5	9/25/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2019	EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY	50 E STATE ST	TRENTON	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs	01	5	9/25/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2018	EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY	50 E STATE ST	TRENTON	NJ	08608	MERCER	USA	Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs	01	5	9/25/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = -$23,367

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $73,500 )
2022	2022	EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY	50 E STATE ST	TRENTON	NJ	08625	MERCER	USA	Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs	00	5	6/29/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$73,500
														Subtotal = $73,500

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $73,500 )
2021	2021	EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY	50 E STATE ST	TRENTON	NJ	08625	MERCER	USA	Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs	00	4	7/13/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$73,500
2021	2020	EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY	50 E STATE ST	TRENTON	NJ	08625	MERCER	USA	Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs	01	3	9/14/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $73,500

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $73,500 )
2020	2020	EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY	50 E State St	Trenton	NJ	08625	MERCER	USA	Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs	00	3	7/20/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$73,500
2020	2019	EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY	50 E State St	Trenton	NJ	08625	MERCER	USA	Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs	01	2	4/21/2020	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $73,500

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $74,482 )
2019	2019	EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY	20 W State St	Trenton	NJ	08625	MERCER	USA	Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs	00	2	7/30/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$74,482
														Subtotal = $74,482

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $73,500 )
2018	2018	Executive Office Of The State Of New Jersey	20 W State St	Trenton	NJ	08625	MERCER	USA	Cooperative Agreements to Support State-Based Safe Motherhood and Infant Health Initiative Programs	00	1	7/31/2018	NEW	$73,500
														Subtotal = $73,500

Grand Total All Awards = $345,115

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Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID)

Award Number: NU38DP000013

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION & HEALTH PROMOTION

OPDIV: CDC

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2018

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2023

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