2026 CHNA Implementation Strategy

Primary Intervention Summary

Intervention

Role in Strategy

Primary Audience

Leads injury prevention education, transportation safety, school nurse education, safe sleep, safe sitter, heatstroke prevention, and safety outreach

Families, schools, caregivers, communities

Health Education and Safety Center

Provides poison and substance exposure information, treatment guidance, and prevention education statewide

Families, healthcare providers, communities

APIC

Provides education and prevention around child abuse and neglect, including Erin’s Law training

CHIPS Center

Children, schools, communities

Distributes safe storage materials and gun locks through community partnerships

Parents, caregivers, households with firearms

Firearm Safety Education

Safe Driving / ALDOT-supported Initiatives

Supports child passenger safety, teen driving education, and injury prevention

Children, teens, parents, caregivers

Provides practical education on safe sleep, car seats, safe driving, poison prevention, firearm safe storage, heatstroke prevention, vaping/tobacco risks, and other preventable safety risks

Parent and Caregiver Safety Education

Parents, caregivers, families, schools, community partners

Governance, Annual Review, and Reporting

Children’s will review implementation progress annually throughout the 2026–2028 CHNA cycle. The review will assess program activity, geographic reach, alignment with CHNA priorities, partner feedback, and available outcome-oriented indicators. Program leadership will provide monthly metrics and reports and these will be reviewed in quarterly meetings to assess progress. Notes from these meetings and progress reports will be used to refine tactics, identify gaps, support community benefit reporting, and inform periodic updates to executive leadership and the Board or an appropriate Board committee. The Measurement and Accountability Framework below will serve as the primary tool for annual review, internal accountability, and future CHNA evaluation.

Measurement and Accountability Framework

Children’s will track implementation progress annually throughout the 2026–2028 cycle. The following framework consolidates the primary measures associated with each priority area and identifies baseline or current-state measures, desired direction, and anticipated data source or owner. For established programs, 2023–2025 activity levels will serve as baseline measures. For newer or expanding initiatives, Children’s will establish baseline activity during FY2026 and use that information to guide future-year targets.

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