Welcome

When COVID-19 hit Seattle, our family immediately responded. Three of us sought out 7 others and became an interdisciplinary team of 10.  Integrating our unique skill sets, we formed this nonprofit and named it the Social Safety Initiative. 

2020 Highlights:

• Taught mask-wearing 5 weeks before the CDC supported it
• Developed a PPE supply chain for 6,000+ represented employees
• Conducted multiple site risk assessments across 2 states
• Built a web-based resource of definitions, training, and tutorials
• Created a forum for kid-to-kid learning
• Donated 3,500 masks at 12 community locations
• Created an animated kid’s song normalizing mask-wearing with Spanish subtitles
• Created a 3-hr online course on Disease Transmission and Social Hygiene
• Created a live-action animated public service announcement: CoVella vs. the World.
• Developed a 60-page site operator safety manual

2021 Highlights:

• Launched a 1-hr class on social Hygiene
• Published a 10-page guidebook for Safe Disinfecting in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond
• Published a 20-page guidebook for Practicing Public Health Protocols in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond (English/Spanish) 
• Established a Community Awareness Team
• Established a Public Health Trainer Program
• Launched Small Business Social Safety Seal Program