About Safe Kids Georgia
Mission
Safe Kids Georgia is dedicated to leading a statewide grassroots network of health educators that provide injury prevention education, enforcement and safety equipment for Georgia’s children up to 19 years of age.
Vision
For Georgia’s children to have a safe place to grow and play, free from unintentional injuries.
Meet the Team
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Lin Snowe, CPST-LI
Program Manager
Safe Kids Georgia/Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Prior to joining the Safe Kids Georgia State Office team, Lin was the coalition coordinator at Safe Kids Douglas County, led by Cobb & Douglas Public Health. She enjoyed a rewarding career in medical device and technology sales in wound closure, women’s health, and seizure management before jumping into the public sector as an injury prevention advocate.
She is a certified Child Passenger Safety Technician Instructor, and her work focuses on supporting local coalitions with programming and coalition development/management with the goal of successful community engagement and education delivery. Her special interests have been with underserved communities and building partnerships with key stakeholders to effectively disseminate injury prevention education and distribute safety equipment at the statewide level. She is an executive member of the Georgia Child Passenger Safety Board and is actively involved in Georgia’s occupant safety task teams.
Lin graduated from Northeastern University in Boston with a B.S. in Business Administration and when not at work, enjoys traveling and spending time outdoors with her husband and two dogs.
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Devorah Mekonnen, MPH, CPST
Program Coordinator
Safe Kids Georgia/Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Devorah holds a bachelor's degree in public health from the University of Georgia and a master's degree in public health from Georgia State University. In her role, she is instrumental in managing and fostering the relationships between our statewide coalitions and community partners, ensuring effective collaboration and strategic alignment.
Her commitment to public health education is strong, with a particular focus on the prevention of unintentional injuries among children. Her expertise extends to car seat safety, and she is a certified Child Passenger Safety Technician (CPST), demonstrating her dedication to enhancing the safety and well-being of children. Devorah is particularly passionate about promoting firearm safety through various initiatives. Her efforts include securing grants, educating families on safe storage practices, and distributing safety devices in underserved communities
Outside of her professional responsibilities, Devorah enjoys exercising, reading, and spending quality time with her family.
Safe Kids Georgia Structure
Safe Kids Georgia is strengthened through partnerships with Safe Kids Worldwide, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Strong4Life. Everyone works together to prevent unintentional injuries in our communities.
Safe Kids Worldwide provides a strategic framework, resources and research to guide programmatic work through all Safe Kids coalitions at both the state and local (county) level.
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta brings local expertise and trusted medical leadership to inform and guide programming specific to Georgia.
Strong4Life, the parenting resource of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, aims to help families raise healthy, safe and resilient children. Strong4Life adds an essential focus on building healthy habits and addressing health equity to empower families with tools to support children’s overall well-being.
Safe Kids Georgia also informs and supports statewide coalitions, helping connect local partners with resources and strategies to make the greatest impact.
Together, these partners make it possible for Safe Kids Georgia to reach more families, provide education and resources and create safer, healthier communities for every child.
More About Our Key Partners
Safe Kids Worldwide
Safe Kids Worldwide is a nonprofit organization working to reduce preventable injuries to children ages 0-19 and build sustainable systems that support injury prevention.
Safe Kids works with strategic partners and an extensive network of more than 400 coalitions in the U.S. to reduce traffic injuries, drownings, sleep-related deaths, falls, burns, poisonings and more.
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is Georgia’s leading pediatric healthcare provider with three hospitals and multiple neighborhood locations. For more than 100 years, their purpose has been the same: making kids better today and healthier tomorrow.
Strong4Life
The mission of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is to make kids better today and healthier tomorrow. Strong4Life is one of the many ways they deliver on that promise. Armed with a team of Children’s doctors, therapists, nurses, registered dietitians and other wellness experts, Strong4Life has resources to help busy families raise healthy, safe and resilient kids.