New Car Seat Program Brochure

New Booster Seat Law

www.kansasboosterseat.org

CAR SEAT PROGRAM
When it comes to the well being of your child, nothing should be left to chance, especially in a motor vehicle. Nearly 80% of child safety seats are incorrectly installed, leading to thousands of preventable injuries each year. The best seat for your child is one that fits the child and fits the car and one that the child rides in each and every time.

The Car Seat Program Information
On-site child safety inspections by appointment Monday and Tuesday afternoons

1. Parent’s/Caregivers may call the Nurse Information Line 816-234-3700 and the staff will make an appointment.
2. Parents/caregivers may e-mail Phyllis Larimore plarimore@cmh.edufor an  “off-site” inspection (satellite clinic location).

Families need to bring child, child safety seat, and manufacture instructions for car seat and vehicle. They should park in the Garage, come to the reception desk and request that Phyllis Larimore, Beeper number 816-821-8099 be notified of their arrival. The inspection will include a safety check of the child safety seat: “recall” status; review of its crash history, missing or broken parts, date of manufacture and the “fit” of the child.

Child passenger safety questions may be directed to the Car Seat Program Coordinator, Phyllis Larimore 816-234-1607 (voice mail) or plarimore@cmh.edu

Greater Kansas City Community Child Safety Seat Check Up Events:
Barbara Mitchell, Johnson County SAFE KIDS Coalition Coordinator: 913 477-8312 or http://jocoks.com/pubhealth/safekids.htm

NHTSA Inspection Sites:
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/whatis/regions/index.cfm

Links to Passenger Safety websites
Child Passenger Safety – National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: http://www.nhtsa.gov

Safety Seat Recall List
http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/problems/recalls/childseat.cfm

One Minute Safety Seat Checklist:
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/childps/safetycheck/minuteChecklist/index.htm

Child Passenger Safety Laws:
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/outreach/stateleg/childpass.htm

Child Safety Seat Manufacturer’s Websites:
http://pages.ivillage.com/momika/manufacturers/

Child Passenger Safety Websites:
Car Safety Seats: A Guide for Families – American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/childps/csr2001/csrhtml/index.html

Injury Free Coalition for KIDS
http://www.injuryfree.org

Safety Belt Safe USA
http://www.carseat.org/

Child Safety Seat Inspection Sites:
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/nhtsa/whatis/regions/index.cfm

National Safety Belt Council
http://www.nsc.org/traf/sbc.htm

Trauma Link
http://www.chop.edu/consumer/index.jsp

Child Passenger Safety Technician/Training State Contacts: