Contra Costa Health Services’ Public Health Nursing Car Seat Project will help parents and caregivers keep their children as safe as possible in the car thanks to a $83,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS).
The one-year grant from Oct. 1, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021 funds a car seat program that encourages the proper installation and use of child safety seats.
The grant funds the following activities:
- One-on-one/virtual appointments to inspect and install car seats.
- Child safety seat education classes for parents and caregivers.
- Child safety seats at no-cost to nursing case management clients and low-income families following education classes.
- Promote safety seat recycling and importance of discarding used and expired car seats
- Work with community partners to promote child passenger safety education.
“The Public Health Nursing Program in Contra Costa County serves vulnerable, low-income families who are impacted daily by health inequities,” said Michelle Rivero, a program manager for CCHS. “Our families struggle with meeting the basic needs of the children. Rent, food, clothing all become priorities over car seats, and many of our families use old, expired car seats. This program is a much-needed resource to help keep children safe.”
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 46% of car seats are misused.
“Car seats save lives,” OTS Director Barbara Rooney said. “Keeping children safe in a vehicle is as important as ever, and funding for car seat programs play a vital role in ensuring the proper use of child safety seats.”
2 comments
I’m all for this but wish the private sector stepped up to fund it.
Still, one banged up kid with a lifetime of injuries, if prevented, is easily worth the $83K.
83k of taxpayer money to teach what’s already on the back of the box. Just to our county. Millions of tax dollars across the state. But you can’t open schools and there’s homeless everywhere. Sounds like a deal
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