NATIONAL CHILD SAFETY SEAT DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM EVALUATION

The National Child Safety Seat Distribution Program (NCSS) was a multi-year, multi-phase program intended to distribute $8 million in child safety seats to low-income and special needs children in all fifty states. Non-profit organizations that received funds to buy safety seats agreed to distribute them to recipients that otherwise could not obtain a seat and agreed to train all recipients in the correct use and installation of the seat. Program evaluation data were collected through topical interviews with national and local Program Coordinators and from individual case studies in fourteen distribution locations. The data indicated that NCSS was a comprehensive effort that delivered safety seats and training to locations in all fifty states, D.C. and Puerto Rico. Most often, NCSS was carried out by medical related facilities, followed by day care/early education centers and government offices. Nearly all of the facilities had a system to assess a recipient's need for a seat, and most trained all or most of their seat recipients. Indicated problems included obtaining training for distribution center staff and storing seats from the time a bulk shipment arrived to the time they could be distributed to needy families. The NCSS program worked in a variety of environments and accomplished most of its objectives, most of the time.

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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1670
• Corporate Authors:

  Preusser Research Group, Incorporated

  7100 Main Street
  Trumbull, CT  United States  06611

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

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  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Solomon, M G
  • WEINSTEIN, H B
  • Nissen, W J
  • Preusser, D F
• Publication Date: 1999-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 80 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Child restraint systems; Installation; Low income groups; Training
• Identifier Terms: National Child Safety Seat Distribution Program
• Uncontrolled Terms: Distribution programs
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00765935
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-808 869,, Final Report
• Contract Numbers: DTNH22-94-D-05044
• Files: HSL, NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 14 1999 12:00AM