his section provides all the tools you need to properly introduce teachers, school administrators, and other decision-makers to Risk Watch, and to fully demonstrate how Risk Watch can (and does) build safer communities throughout North America.

Once you've successfully implemented Risk Watch in your community, this section will continue to serve as a resource for providing the latest Risk Watch evaluations, updated contact information, and more!

All About Risk Watch

Before you can successfully bring Risk Watch to your community, you first need to know what the program is all about. If you're new to Risk Watch and want to learn more about the program, check out "About Risk Watch", and visit our FAQ Section. You'll find a wealth of information about the comprehensive injury prevention curriculum, including how it was developed and by whom, what it works to achieve, and how it can make a life-saving difference for kids and their families.

Risk Watch: A Leader's Guide

Here is a detailed guide for introducing Risk Watch to your community and getting the program implemented in school classrooms.

• Introduction/Why Risk Watch? (12 pages)
• Forming a Community Coalition (11 pages)
• Gaining Support for Risk Watch (8 pages)
• Getting the Resources (10 Pages)
• Implementing Risk Watch (4 Pages)
• Conducting an Effective Teacher Workshop (10 Pages)
• Evaluating Risk Watch (5 Pages)
• Marketing Risk Watch (5 Pages)
• Support Materials (9 Pages)

Rolling Out Risk Watch

Knowing you want to implement Risk Watch in your community is one thing. Actually taking the steps to make it happen is quite another. "Rolling Out Risk Watch" provides a clear, solid strategy for effectively bringing Risk Watch to your area, including action items for coalition development, fundraising, gaining school/teacher buy-in, and more.

Rolling Out Risk Watch in PDF format.

Cs to Success

NFPA has identified several fundamental qualities that appear to correlate with long-term success in implementing public education programs, which are provided in Cs to Success.

Checking Your Champion Vital Signs

Introducing Risk Watch to your community is no small task, but maintaining the program and expanding its reach presents its own set of challenges. "Check Your Champion Vital Signs" provides a series of questions you must ask yourself and your coalition to make sure the program is being effectively monitored and managed.

Checking Your Champion Vital Signs in PDF format.

Risk Watch Funding Guide

If you're considering writing a grant proposal for your Risk Watch project, but don't know where to begin, NFPA has a fill-in-the-blank funding guide that can help. It includes a letter of inquiry, a cover letter, and an executive summary.