Safe Kids

Safe Kids Sarpy/Cass is dedicated to preventing unintentional injury to our community’s children. 

Around the world, one million children lose their lives as a result of a preventable injury. And millions of children are injured in ways that can affect them for a lifetime.  When a child dies, or is seriously injured, the lives of families and entire communities are changed forever. But these injuries don’t have to happen. The important thing to remember about preventable injuries is that they’re preventable. They often occur in predictable ways and can be completely avoided with the right education, awareness and planning.

Safe Kids Sarpy/Cass provides adult education classes in home safety and child passenger safety.  We also provide a variety of injury prevention education for ages 3-19.  Our public health educators are available to present safety information upon request.  Please contact our office for more information.

Our goal is to assist the residents of Sarpy and Cass counties in understanding and implementing strategies to prevent unintentional childhood injury.  Through the Safe Kids Sarpy/Cass Coalition, community partners and local organizations join us in that goal.

Car Seat Installation Appointments

Installing a car seat can be challenging, and each manufacturer provides specific instructions for proper use. Vehicle makers also have their own guidelines on safe installation. Because every family’s situation is unique—different car seats, vehicles, and child needs—the Sarpy/Cass Health Department offers limited one-on-one appointments to help parents and caregivers learn how to correctly install and use their car seats.

Appointments with our certified Child Passenger Safety Technicians typically last 45 minutes to one hour per car seat.

If you would like to schedule an appointment, or if you are a Sarpy or Cass County resident in need of a grant-funded car seat, please contact [email protected]

Community Partners

Additional local resources for car seat installation appointments:

• Children’s Hospital & Medical Center, Omaha – (402) 955-8090
• Nurture Omaha (service for fee) will come to you – TEXT (402) 915-1559
• Complete Children’s Health - Lincoln (service for fee) – (402) 465-5600
• Safe Kids Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department – (402) 441-8045
• Three Rivers Health Department in Fremont – 402-727-5396

You can call the manufacturer of your car seat as well.  Most manufacturers have child passenger safety technicians on staff to help parents and caregivers with car seat questions. Many of them offer video call installation appointments too. 

Visit Safe Kids Nebraska to see a statewide calendar of car seat fitting events and lots of other helpful resources for child passenger safety.

Visit Children's Nebraska to see a calendar of car seat fitting events and appointments.