Nevada Infant and Immunization Week will provide a number of opportunities to improve the health and well-being of your children starting Saturday.

The Southern Nevada Immunization and Health Coalition (SNIHC) and many health partners and providers will sponsor a week of immunization clinics during Nevada Infant Immunization Week (NIIW) April 20-27, beginning with a kickoff event hosted by the Southern Nevada Health District.

Nevada Infant Immunization Week is an annual observance that highlights the importance of protecting infants from vaccine-preventable diseases, and serves as a call to action for parents, caregivers and healthcare providers to ensure infants are fully immunized against 14 vaccine-preventable diseases before age 2.

A family health clinic in North Las Vegas is re-introducing itself to the neighborhood after getting some help.

The North Las Vegas Family Health Center and WIC North Las Vegas recently received funding from the federal government, which was used for building upgrades.

The open house held Thursday showed off some of those upgrades and gave the nonprofit to talk to the community about services.

"The company's mission statement is to provide quality care to patients regardless of their ability to pay. So, we do see Medicaid patients. We accept most private insurances, and we see patients who don't have insurance. We have a great sliding fee program which allows patients to pay based on their ability to pay," Dr. Tamina Winn-McMillan, a pediatrician at the clinic, said.

Austin Sonetti has little brain function and suffers seizures. He is only 9 years old.

Austin is this way because he fell into a backyard pool when he was just 17-months-old. His brain was deprived of oxygen for 39 minutes. He survived but barely.

"He is now left in a vegetative state. He suffers seizures. He has a trach (tracheotomy tube). He has recurrent pneumonias," Austin's mother Cierra Sonetti said.

Austin is an example of just how dangerous a body of water can be. Three adults were in the backyard with him when he silently slipped into the pool in April 2005.

It is a case like the Sonetti family that the Southern Nevada Child Drowning Coalition is hoping to prevent this summer.

The group held an April Pool's Day event Monday at a pool in North Las Vegas to get the word out about the dangers of pools.