About the Summit
The Strong Beginning Summit is designed to equip family-serving professionals with the knowledge and tools needed to reduce preventable injuries among children ages 0–5. Through evidence-based strategies and cross-system collaboration, this training series supports safer environments for infants and young children across communities.
- Strengthen Knowledge & Best Practices
Increase understanding strategies related to safe sleep, drowning prevention, and intentional injuries among children ages 0–5.
- Improve Cross-System Coordination
Identify practical strategies to enhance collaboration among healthcare providers, early childhood professionals, home visitors, and community partners to reduce preventable injuries.
- Enhance Family Education & Engagement
Share family-centered approaches to caregiver education and community-based prevention efforts that promote safe environments for infants and young children.
Learn from experienced professionals leading the way in early childhood injury prevention.
Terri Miller
Safe Sleep Specialist
Terri Miller is a Program Manager with the Georgia Department of Public Health and serves as the subject matter expert on sudden unexpected infant death (SUID). She supports statewide programs aimed at preventing infant mortality and improving birth outcomes and serves as Principal Investigator for Georgia’s SUID Case Registry. Terri is also a DrPH student at Georgia Southern University and has worked as a social worker, health educator, and program manager, primarily in child welfare and injury prevention.
Megan Passineau
Core SIPP Prog Manager
Megan Passineau is the Program Manager for the CDC Core State Injury Prevention Program(Core SIPP) grant with the Georgia Department of Public Health Injury Prevention Program. In this role, she coordinates and evaluates programmatic efforts across 4 focus areas; Motor Vehicle Safety, ACEs, Traumatic Brain Injuries, and Fall Prevention. Megan is also the Project Supervisor for the CDC Foundation Strengthening Fatal and Non-Fatal Drowning Data and Surveillance Project within the Georgia Department of Public Health Injury Prevention Program.
Megan received her Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences from Concordia UniversityWisconsin and her Master of Public Health from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Megan’s background brings unique experiences and perspectives to several topic areas of injury prevention.
Megan is a Wisconsin native and an Atlanta transplant who enjoys baking, traveling,and spending time at the beach with her family and friends.
Jennifer Stein
Child Safety Advocate
Jennifer Stein comes to Positive Childhood Alliance Georgia after seven years of leading Prevent Child Abuse (PCA) Habersham. She identified the need for and launched the Family Resource Center of Northeast Georgia. She has more than two decades of management experience collectively in banking compliance operations, sales, and nonprofit management.
During her time at PCA Habersham, she coordinated family support and family preservation services along with the area's first supervised visitation center. With the help of its Board of Directors and strong staff, she scaled the organization to increase its size. She tripled its funding within five years, cultivating local and regional support and expanding its service market from one to five counties via grants, state contracts, and direct contributions by donors.
Additionally, Jennifer has been involved in Georgia's Child Abuse Prevention Treatment Act Panel (CPSAC), Georgia's Family Support Network, Georgia's Criminal Justice Coordinating Council Strategic Planning Committee, and globally the Supervised Visitation Network as a board member and officer.
- Safe Sleep
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, As of 2025 data, approximately 3,500–3,700 infants in the U.S. continue to die annually from sudden unexpected infant deaths (SUID), including sleep-related causes.
- Drowning
Drowning is the leading cause of death for children ages 1 to 4, and statewide and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show that accidental drownings in Georgia have reached their highest level in more than two decades. These are not just numbers; they are devastating losses. And they are preventable
- Intentional Injuries
Intentional injuries are those which are caused by violence and often manifest as trauma in victims. These include deaths and injuries caused by gun violence, physical and sexual assault and abuse, suicide, and bullying, to name a few. Because these injuries are intentional, by their very nature they are often preventable.
Catch up on the sessions you missed.
Terry Miller
Megan Passineau
Jennifer Stein
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