Safe Kids WNC

We Create Safer Homes and Communities for our Children

MAHEC’s Safe Kids WNC is dedicated to reducing accidental injuries among children in Western North Carolina. We educate and support parents and professionals through community action, public awareness, education, technology, and public policy initiatives.

90% of accidental injuries can be prevented

Accidental injuries are responsible for more deaths and disabilities to children than all childhood diseases combined. Safe Kids WNC brings together people that are interested in the wellbeing of children.

Contact Us for Resources and Support

828-418-0525

Our local referral partners include:

Buncombe County Migrant Farm Workers Program
Department of Social Services
Firefighters
HeadStart
Law Enforcement
Mission Health
Nurse Family Partnership
Paramedics
Verner Center for Early Learning
WNC Health Departments
YWCA

Safe Kids Injury Prevention Specialists, Beverly Hopps and Vicki Killough, receiving the National Safe Kids Coalition of the Year Award (2024).

Established in 1994, Safe Kids WNC is a member of Safe Kids Worldwide, which consists of more than 400 coalitions in the United States to reduce accidental childhood injury.

View Safe Kids WNC brochure (PDF)