About Us > The KIDS Network
​The Kansas Infant Death and SIDS Network, Inc. (KIDS Network) serves those individuals who have been touched by the tragedy of infant death or SIDS and those individuals or organizations who strive to reduce the risk of infant deaths by providing supportive services, community education, professional training, and supporting associated research.
The Kansas Infant Death and SIDS (KIDS) Network, Inc. was founded in 1996 as the SIDS Network of Kansas and certified as a non-profit corporation in the State of Kansas on July 31, 1998. The Network serves the entire State of Kansas, which spans 82,000 square miles, and whose population is 2.7 million. The KIDS Network is a support organization dedicated to providing grief and bereavement support services to families that experience the sudden death of an infant. Additionally, the Network provides community awareness and professional education specific to sudden infant death.
Christy Schunn
Christy Schunn, LSCSW, is the executive director of the Kansas Infant Death and SIDS Network. She has a Bachelor of Science in Social Work from Bethel College and Master of Social Welfare from the University of Kansas. Christy is a licensed as a Clinical Social Worker in the State of Kansas and member of the National Association of Social Workers, the National Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs and the Association of Death Educators and Counselors. Christy served on the board of Safe Kids Kansas and the National Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs as Treasurer from 2007-2015.

​She serves as a member of the Kansas Collaborative Innovation and Improvement Network (CoIIN) and board member of the March of Dimes and member of the Kansas Maternal Child Health Council. She facilitates the Sedgwick County Maternal Infant Health Coalition in coordination with the Medical Society of Sedgwick County. Christy conducts statewide professional development and community education for first responders, health care providers, parents, caregivers and child care providers; technical assistance on safe sleep and Fetal Infant Mortality Review; and counseling to bereft families and caregivers.
Libby Baumgartner
Libby Baumgartner, MS serves as the bereavement specialist and art therapist at the Kansas Infant Death and SIDS Network. She has a Bachelor in Social Work from Goshen College and a Master of Art Therapy from Emporia State University. Libby has held jobs in social service related fields for over 20 years. Libby provides the maternal interview for the Sedgwick County Fetal Infant Mortality Review, Project Imprint, and is a member of Association for Death Education and Counseling.
La'Shae Terrell
La’Shae Terrell is the program coordinator at the Kansas Infant Death and SIDS Network. She has always enjoyed helping people. At a very early age she showed interest in people with disabilities, do to her mother becoming blind at 8yrs old. She became involved with KIDS Network in 2012 after the short life of her son Leonte’, wanting to help and learn more about infant mortality. In 2015 she agreed to volunteer for the KIDS Network and shortly after offered a job as the Program Coordinator. La’Shae lives in Wichita, KS and is the mother of a beautiful daughter and currently awaiting the birth of her son.
Maria Torres
Maria Torres is the program director of the Safe Sleep Expansion Project at the Kansas Infant Death and SIDS Network. Maria graduated May 13, 2017 with honors from Wichita State University with a Bachelor’s degree in Health Management and Community Development with focus in Public Health. Maria was awarded with the 2017 Community Service Award and was nominated by her professors to be inducted to the Alpha Eta Society. Maria enjoys helping others and she said “by working with the KIDS Network I will be able to help and touch many lives.”

Kerry Sargent
Kerry Sargent is the bookkeeper at the Kansas Infant Death and SIDS Network. She is a SIDS parent who has been involved in the SIDS communities in both Washington State and Kansas for more than 20 years. She and her husband lost their first son, Andrew, in 1995 and through board positions and volunteering, committed to supporting SIDS research, bereavement outreach and community awareness of Safe Sleep.  Kerry came to the KIDS Network in June 2014 as a temporary employee and soon realized that she was ultimately where she was supposed to be. As Administrative Assistant, Kerry is in responsible for the day-to-day operations of the office, including payroll, accounting and special events.

Board of Directors & Regional Directors

The KIDS Network became a reality by selecting a Board of Directors and hiring a Program Director in November 2000 to coordinate SIDS services in Kansas.  The current board membership includes bereaved parents, grandparents, child care providers, first responders, pediatrician, OB/GYN, family medicine, funeral director, and select members of the general public.