DSS helps to keep kids safe with free child seats
By:
Staff report
PIERRE – The South Dakota Department of Social Services is helping ensure children ride in the best child safety seat for their height and weight when parents can’t afford to buy one.
State law requires parents and caregivers use child safety seats. The “best” child safety seat is one that correctly fits the child, the vehicle, and is used correctly every time. South Dakota’s Child Safety Seat Distribution program provides proper child safety seats at no cost to families that meet income eligibility requirements and those who have children with special needs.
There are several types of child safety restraints ranging from convertible seats to booster seats. You can learn more about each of these and other child safety seat information by visiting dss.sd.gov and clicking on the Child Care tab.
Over the past four fiscal years, DSS and its distributing partners have provided more than 10,000 child safety seats in the state. To learn more, visit dss.sd.gov.
