About our program
Cribs for Kids is proud to partner with JPMA Cares and Safe Kids Worldwide to launch the Safe Sleep Building Blocks Grant Program, a nationwide initiative designed to break down barriers to safe sleep education and resources. Through a generous grant from JPMA Cares, this program will provide essential infant safe sleep products, education, and community outreach support to organizations across the U.S.
This initiative targets Safe Kids Worldwide Coalition Members and other like-minded organizations that are committed to safe sleep but face challenges in expanding their efforts. By combining the strengths of JPMA Cares’ Safe Sleep Campaign, Cribs for Kids’ extensive administrative, supply chain, and outreach expertise, and the dedication of Safe Kids Coalition Members, we are creating a powerful collaboration that maximizes impact.
Ready to Apply?
Are you ready to expand safe sleep initiatives in your community? Safe Kids Coalition Members and like-minded organizations can apply for the Safe Sleep Building Blocks Grant Program to receive essential resources for families in need.
Applications Open
March 1, 2025, at 12:00 AM ET
Applications Close
April 30, 2025, at 11:59 PM ET
How it works
- 20 Safe Sleep Survival Kits, which include a Cribette play yard, a Cribette sheet, a Snoozzzette wearable blanket, a Sleep Baby Safe & Snug board book, a Pacifier, and Safe Sleep Education Materials, including a safe sleep education booklet and door hanger.
– - Community Outreach Support, which includes a Cribs for Kids Education Package of 50 Brochures, 50 Door Hangers, 25 Fliers, 5 Posters, and 2 Safe Sleep Sammi/Sasha Toy Kits along with Safe Sleep Building Blocks press release, social media postings, and Safe Sleep Building Blocks electronic badge for the site and posting inclusion.
– - Note: The cost of shipping is included. All Items will be shipped on a single pallet to each of the 20 awardees. Organizations must confirm the ability to receive and store a one-time shipment.
Grant Timeline
March 1, 2025 – April 30, 2025: Application Submissions Accepted
Applications are managed through Submittable, requiring users to create an account. This platform allows applicants to begin, save, and complete their applications at their convenience. Applications close April 30, 2025, at 11:59 PM ET.
May 1, 2025 – May 31, 2025: Review Phase
Representatives from Cribs for Kids, JPMA Cares, and Safe Kids Worldwide will review submissions to determine grant recipients.
June 1, 2025 – June 30, 2025: Recipients Notified & Announced
Grant recipients will be officially announced and notified of their selection.
July 1, 2025 – July 31, 2025: Safe Sleep Educational Materials & Product Distributed
Safe sleep products will be distributed in a single shipment to all grant recipients by Cribs for Kids.
About Our Organizations
About Cribs for Kids
Cribs for Kids® is a national non-profit organization dedicated to reducing the risk of infant injury and death from suffocation and SIDS in unsafe sleep environments. Since 1998, Cribs for Kids® has been making an impact on reducing the rate of infant sleep-related deaths by providing safe sleep education to the public, free community-based programming, and distributing portable cribs and other safe sleep product to families in need. Cribs for Kids operates through a network of partner organizations who replicate our programs and distribute safe sleep product in their communities.
About JPMA Cares
JPMA Cares is the philanthropic arm of the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA) and the broader baby and children’s products industry. As a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, JPMA Cares aims to create better outcomes for infants and toddlers by reducing preventable injuries and deaths and providing families in need with donations of time, talent, and product.
About Safe Kids Worldwide
Safe Kids Worldwide is a nonprofit organization working to reduce unintentional 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. We achieve this work through a public health approach that includes research, interventions to educate and raise awareness, safety device distribution and advocacy at the federal, state, and local levels. Safe Kids also supports a worldwide alliance of like-minded organizations in more than 20 countries. Since 1988, Safe Kids and its partners have contributed to a more than 60 percent reduction in the rate of fatal childhood unintentional injury in the U.S. Learn more at safekids.org.
Have a question?
For more information or questions, please email us at info@cribsforkids.org with the subject line “Building Blocks Program.”