Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta Continue to Receive Grant Award $152,200

September 27, 2007 - Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta

Injury Free Coalition for Kids of Atlanta continues to receive grant award of $152,200 from the Governors Office of Highway Safety

Grady Health System: Injury Free Coalition for Kids - Atlanta

Cuidad Los Ninos - Keeping your children safe - Occupant safety program

Announcement:

Who: Grady Health System: Injury Free Coalition for Kids - Atlanta has continued to be funded by the Governors Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) for a child safety program.

What: This program continues to distribute and offer appropriate car seats and car seat instructions to Spanish and English parnents, parentsrents, and caregivers who have been referred by any hospital affiliated resource of the grady HealGradystem such as emergency room doctor, labor and delivery, children's hospital, neighborhood clinics, outpatient clinics, Emory or Morehouse physicians, hospital sponsored health fairs and community events or participating community partners.

Where: Grady Health System - Feebeck Hall Family Room - 96 Armstrong Ave, Atlanta, GA 30303

When: Program will be sponsored by GOHS from Octover 2007 Octobermber 2008. classes are held twice a month in English and Spanish and on a referral basis. All media Contacts are held by media appointment. Please call Denise Simpson Grady Health System at 404-616-6855 to arrange a live shot or to schedule spokesperson. Please contact Ana Everett - Injury Free Coalition for Kids - Atlanta 404-616-3159 or visit website for program information UPDATES, Calendar of Evnets, and ClEventshedules.

Parents need to know:

Up to 85 percent of child safety seats are improperly used and installed.

The age, weight and height of the child, as the type of vehicle, determine the type of safety seat to use.

The best child safety seat is one that fits the child and the vehicle, will be used correctly every time and is affordable.

Children are safest when the child safety seat is place in the backseat. Airbags in cars where children must ride in the front seat should be deactivated or have an off-on switch intalled.

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Media Contact: Name Denise Simpson
Grady Health System
Number: 404-616-6855

Name: Alicia Lurry
Emory School of Medicine
Number: 404-778-1503

Program Contact: Donna Childress
Injury Free Coalition of Kids of Atlanta
Emory School of Medicine - Department of Pediatrics
49 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
O: 404-616-3159
F: 404-616-2326