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Who We Are
Injury-Free NC is a collaboration between the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center and the NC Department of Health and Human Services’, Division of Public Health’s Injury and Violence Prevention Branch.
Together, we work to keep North Carolinians safe from injury and violence so that they can live out their full life potential.
Injury-Free NC is North Carolina’s unified voice toward preventing injuries.
Our Mission and Vision
What We Do
We provide accessible training, resources, and other educational opportunities that support individuals and organizations who are working to prevent injury and violence in North Carolina and beyond. Our current priorities are:
Injury-Free NC (IFNC) Academy
The IFNC Academy is a training and program development resource for IVP practitioners in NC. Since 2014, our academies have provided timely and critical training to incorporate best practices, promising strategies, and innovative programming into their work.
Comprehensive Suicide Prevention (CSP)
The UNC Injury Prevention Research Center (IPRC) is collaborating with NC DHHS to build statewide capacity for suicide prevention among IVP practitioners through programs and activities including the IFNC Academy and the CSP Advisory Council.
Strengthening Systems for North Carolina Children (SYNC)
SYNC is a no-cost training opportunity for new or existing community coalitions in North Carolina who are interested in using systems thinking for cross-system, coordinated, long-term ACEs prevention work.