Sinai Community Institute (SCI) has been awarded the Partner of the Year Award from Sudden Infant Death Services of Illinois (SIDS of Illinois). The partnership helps make safe sleep education accessible for Sinai Chicago’s patients living on the South and Southwest sides. The award was presented to SCI at the third annual Fallen Leaf Fundraiser on October 18. Since 1968, SIDS of Illinois has supported Illinois families facing the unthinkable tragedy of losing a baby. For many years, they have helped families who have lost a baby under the age of 1 year, regardless of cause or manner of death. Their focus is on providing gentle, culturally appropriate, and accessible safe sleep education to all families to lower sleep related deaths in Illinois. Cook County has the highest rates of infant mortality in Illinois. Sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), or sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), is one of the leading causes of infant mortality both state and nationwide. Every week, 2-3 infants in Illinois die from SUID. For more information, please visit sinaichicago.org and https://sidsillinois.org/.