SUDC (Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood)

The SUDC Foundation joins the National Association of Medical Examiners in urgently calling on Congress to restore full funding to the Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program—our nation’s only dedicated federal funding stream for forensic science. Without this funding, vital death investigations—including those into Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC)—could be delayed or compromised.

What’s at stake:

➡Timely and thorough autopsies and forensic testing

➡Critical research into unexplained child deaths

➡Public health and safety

➡Families’ ability to receive the answers they desperately need

We’re calling on Congress for $50 million in FY26, not the proposed $10 million. ⭐ Join us and Sign the petition today: https://chng.it/tXVmdjQRwF

Because every family and their child gone too soon deserves answers.