SmartTeams pilot project

Institute selects Grand Prairie, Texas from national contest for Year Two of SmartTeams pilot project for over 2000 tackle, flag and cheer athletes ages 5-13

NCAA Grant Winners

NCAA and Department of Defense (DoD) select MomsTeam Institute as winner of a Mind Matters Grand Challenge Grant to design concussion education program for emerging adult athletes

UNICEF Pioneer Organization

UNICEF selects MomsTeam Institute as a “pioneer organization” to develop and implement International Safeguards for Children in Sport

Smart Teams Summit

Hold summit “SmartTeams Play Safe: Protecting the Health and Safety of The Whole Child” at Harvard Medical School

Launch Smart Teams

Launch Smart Teams pilot programs in youth tackle and flag football programs in six states for 7,500 children 5-13

Safety Task Force

Executive Director, de Lench is invited to sit on founding 18-member safety task force with David Satcher, MD former Surgeon General

PBS Partnership

PBS stations nationwide begin broadcasting The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer. PBS secures a 3-year contract with MomsTeam Institute, Inc.

Smart Teams Play Safe™

Smart Teams Play Safe™ program launches

The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer

Creation of concussion risk reduction program and principal filming for The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer completed in Oklahoma

Sports Safety Videos

Begin the production, filming and development of catalog of over 500 sports safety videos with national experts