We are sincerely grateful for the continued support and generousity of our granting agencies.
Prevent SBS British Columbia has received generous financial support from the following governmental and granting foundations.
| BC Ministry of Children and Family Development In 2003, the Ministry funded a four year research project on the Period of PURPLE Crying to Prevent Shaken Baby Syndrome BC and Developmental Neurosciences and Child Health through the Child and Family Research Institute, UBC. The Ministry has also provided sponsorship for the 2005 and 2006 B.C. Symposiums on Shaken Baby Syndrome. |
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| BC Children's Hospital Foundation Prevent Shaken Baby Syndrome BC has received generous grants from the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation. |
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| Foresters In 2004, Foresters through the Children’s Miracle Network awarded the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation three years of funding for child abuse prevention and treatment which was earmarked for Prevent Shaken Baby Syndrome BC. |
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| Rick Hansen Foundation In 2005 and 2006, the Rick Hansen Foundation provided grants in support of the translation of the PURPLE program materials into three languages: Punjabi, Korean and Vietnamese. |
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| Vancouver Foundation In 2006, Vancouver Foundation provided funds in support of the creation of Prevent Shaken Baby Syndrome BC's website, part-time staffing for a telephone support service and network for victim families and professionals throughout B.C. and Canada. |
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| BC Perinatal Health Program The BC Perinatal Health Program generously provided funding for the purchase of the PURPLE program materials for distribution to health care professionals and community groups in BC. |
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| Child Health BC Child Health BC has generously provided funding over four years to purchase the PURPLE program materials for distribution to health care professionals in BC. |
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| Fraser Health Acquired Brain Injury Services In 2006, a service contract was provided by Fraser Health Acquired Brain Injury Services to provide on-line SBS training to multidisciplinary health professionals within the Fraser Region. The program also co-sponsored the 2006 B.C. Symposium on Shaken Baby Syndrome. |
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| Child & Family Research Institute Developmental Neurosciences and Child Health through the Child & Family Research Institute has provided grants that were used in the prevention of SBS. |
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| Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) In 2005, the Human Early Learning Partnership provided funding over two years which was earmarked for the research of the Period of PURPLE Crying program. |
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| CCF Community Care Foundation In 2004, the CCF Community Care Foundation provided funding for the translation of the PURPLE program materials into spoken Cantonese and written Traditional Chinese. |
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| Ministry of Health, Japan In 2007, Japan's Ministry of Health provided funds in support of translating the PURPLE program materials into Japanese. |
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| Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General The Civil Forfeiture Office approved a grant in 2008 for the support of our program. This funding was provided through the Civil Forfeiture Crime Remediation and Crime Prevention Grant Funding Program. |
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| IAM Webs IAM Webs, a Vancouver-based web development and training centre was contracted in 2006 to develop and design our website and our online training centre. |
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