GOHS 2012 CPS Grantees
City of Atlanta Department of Fire Rescue
The City of Atlanta Fire Department has 33 fitting stations located throughout the city.
The hours of operation are from 8:00a.m. to 7:30p.m operating 7 days per week.
Each fitting station has a certified child safety seat technician on staff.
The parent or caregiver can access these services by calling the car seat hot line, (404) 546-4444 .
The receptionist will direct their call to the nearest fitting station in their area.
They will speak directly with the technician on setting up an appointment for their child safety seat
to be inspected or installed. The parent or caregiver can also access our
services at to www.atlantaga.gov and from there proceed to the Atlanta Fire Rescue site
where they will find the link for the child safety seats section.
In addition to serving as a fitting station, the City of Atlanta Fire Department hosts and assists
at many events throughout the metro area providing financially eligible families with child safety seats and education.
Department of Public Health, Injury Prevention
The Department of Public Health's Child Occupant Safety Programs offer many resources statewide.
There are currently six successful initiatives focused on child passenger safety (CPS): 1) CPS Mini-Grant -
provides education on use of car seats to income eligible families in over 135 counties; 2) Teddy Bear Sticker Program - Car
seats and booster seats with Teddy Bear Stickers are eligible for replacement through the Teddy Bear
Sticker Program when the car seat or booster seat has been
involved in a motor vehicle crash; 3) “Keeping Kids Safe” Hospital Training - training hospital staff in basic CPS
and angle tolerance testing for premature and low birth
weight infants; 4) Special Healthcare Needs - educates and provides technical assistance to partners
and families regarding safe transportation of children with special
healthcare needs; 5) Safe School Buses - addresses challenging issues including transportation
of pre-school age children and children with special healthcare needs,
and 6) Law Enforcement Training - works to increase law enforcement officers' understanding
and enforcement of Georgia's CPS law.
Georgia Traffic Injury Prevention Institute
Georgia Traffic Injury Prevention Institute (GTIPI)* is the primary entity providing Child Passenger
Safety Technician training in Georgia. In addition to teaching classes
certifying more than 200 technicians a year and offering support to technicians and instructors
throughout Georgia, GTIPI conducts child safety seat check events where
parents and caregivers are invited to have their child safety seats inspected.
Parents and caregivers will be trained on proper installation. Parents and caregivers can
also have their child safety seats inspected at GTIPI by appointment
1070 Culpepper Drive
Suite 300
Conyers, GA 30094
800-342-9819 or 678-413-4281
Contact: Mary Ann Robinson
* This grant is focused on training. While GTIPI is an inspection station and is available for appointments to check car seats, there are no car seats available for distribution.
Injury Free Coalition for Kids Atlanta
The primary focus for Injury Free Coalition for Kids (IFCK) Atlanta has been the provision of a
bilingual hospital based child passenger safety education program with car
seat distribution. IFCK-Atlanta primarily serves the Metropolitan Atlanta Community through
local community referrals from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Hughes
Spalding and through affiliates of the Grady Health System.
IFCK distributes more than 1000 car seats annually through it’s “Cuidad los Niños:
Child Passenger Education
and Distribution Program”. To learn more about Injury Free Coalition Kids of Atlanta Child Passenger
Safety programs or to become a volunteer please contact Program
Coordinator Donna Childress at 404.616.3159 or email aevere3@emory.edu
and lets partner to keep Georgia's children safe.
DeKalb Safe Communities has two main programs dedicated to Child Passenger Safety.
Car Seat 101 is a class designed to teach DeKalb County parents, grandparents
and caregivers how to properly install a child safety seat, including booster seats.
Cost of the class is $10 for parents who are receiving WIC, Medicaid or PeachCare for
Kids. YOU MUST BE A RESIDENT OF DEKALB COUNTY TO PARTICIPATE.
Safe Communities Booster Seat/ Seat Belt program is designed to educate children in Pre K- 2nd
grade about the importance of wearing a seat belt while riding in a car.
Call 404-294-3261 to register for the car seat class.
For questions about the car seat program
contact 404-294-3700.
Pioneer Resa operates the North East Georgia Rural Roads initiative grant serving the counties of Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin,
Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union and White. The objectives of this grant are to build community
mobilizations in Region 2 Health District to reduce injuries and fatalities in motor vehicle crashes. Community collaboratives have
previously been established consisting of churches, schools, health departments, hospitals, emergency medical services, fire
departments, law enforcements, city councils, county commissioners, businesses, local county and city agencies, and civic clubs. In the
past year benefits from this grant have contributed education and equipment in the area of child passenger safety. The Coordinator
Randall Townley assists local communities with obtaining car seats, technician and instructor certifications, educational highway safety
materials, and local data. For more information email rtownley@pioneerresa.org or call 706-835-9137.
