Keeping your child safe is one of the most important jobs of caregivers.
- Offer car seat safety checks.
- Distribute free child car seats.
- Provide car seat safety education.
In previous years, 97% of the car seats checked as part of the Family Resource Center’s Car Seat Safety Program arrived in an unsafe configuration. This greatly increases a child’s risk of injury or even death in the event of a car accident.
To receive a free car seat, caregivers need a vehicle with working seat belts. They also participate in a one-time, 30- to 45-minute session that includes child safety car seat education, a safety check guide and hands-on installation of the car seat in their vehicle.
Caregivers who already have car seats are invited to have them checked at no cost by a nationally certified child passenger safety technician. Scheduled weekly, these sessions cover all aspects of child car seat safety. For example, car seats typically expire six years after the manufacture date, at which time the seat can no longer adequately protect a child.
Keeping your child safe is one of the most important jobs of caregivers. YRMC’s Family Resource Center and the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety have made it easier for people of the Quad Cities to do just that. For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call YRMC’s Family Resource Center at 928-771-5651. QCBN
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