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Provides individuals with supplies such as car seats, cribs, diapers, and formula.

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Diapers
Formula/Baby Food
Furniture
Child Passenger Safety Seats
Provides car seats for Kossuth County families who are in need.

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Child Passenger Safety Seats

Provides services to access childcare including:
- Assistance with finding childcare programs in the parents' local area
- Information about choosing quality childcare
- Assistance with childcare payments
- Referrals to community services and agencies
- Parenting resources and education
- Health care information
- Training for childcare providers
- Car seat safety inspections

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Child Care Provider Training
Child Passenger Safety Seat Inspections
Child Care Expense Assistance
Child Care Provider Referrals

Provides the following WIC services evaluation, education and support on nutrition and breast feeding for expectant and breastfeeding mothers, available both at the Public Health office and through home visits.

Also offers a child passenger safety program, including education on car seat installation and provision of a new car seat at no cost upon completion of the program.

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Child Passenger Safety Education
WIC
Child Passenger Safety Seats
Child Passenger Safety Seat Inspections

Offers assistance in installing a child safety seat, by a certified Child Passenger Safety Technician.

Provides individuals with supplies such as car seats, cribs, diapers, and formula.

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Diapers
Formula/Baby Food
Furniture
Child Passenger Safety Seats
Child Passenger Safety Technicians will inspect and help install a child's car seat, at no cost, to make sure it is safe. Car seat checks are offered year-round, by appointment.
Provides infant seats, toddler seats and booster seats to income eligible clients for a nominal fee. Car seats are installed and child safety seat education is provided to clients by trained technicians.

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Child Passenger Safety Seats
Child Passenger Safety Education
Child passenger safety seats and public awareness of the laws. Inspection, guidance, and installation of car safety seats for infants and young children. Infant seats may be available based on need, small fee may apply.

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Child Passenger Safety Seats
Child Passenger Safety Seat Inspections
Child Passenger Safety Education

Offers pregnancy testing services to determine pregnancy through laboratory procedures or home-use devices, prenatal education, new baby home visits.

Provides child passenger safety seat inspections, offering guidance on selecting appropriate car seats based on a child's height and weight, correct installation, and proper use. Also provides child passenger safety seats, including booster seats for older children.

For Union County residents - can reach out to the Union County Matura Community Action Agency Office, (641) 782-8431.

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Well Baby Care
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Child Passenger Safety Education
Pregnancy Testing
Child Passenger Safety Seats
Child Passenger Safety Seat Inspections

Offers services to promote optimal health and provide support for pregnant women, infants, and children with high-risk medical conditions by encouraging early prenatal care and making referrals to community and social services.

Family Case Management assists with understanding the importance of prenatal care, finding a doctor for prenatal care, understanding proper nutrition for both mother and child, understanding the stages of child development, learning parenting skills, recognizing the signs and symptoms of preterm labor, understanding the importance of well-child visits and immunizations, and connecting to additional resources.

Public Health Nurses and Case Managers provide services in the office or at home, offering information on prenatal needs, infant care, parenting, and household safety tips to protect infants and children. Additionally, guidance is available on child passenger safety, including selecting an appropriate car seat based on a child's height and weight, correct car seat installation, and ensuring proper child restraint in vehicles.

Child care seat inspections held one Saturday a month at various locations - call for an appointment. Car seats may be available for low income residents.

Services include:

- Medical Services.

- Pregnancy testing.

- Obstetrical ultrasounds.

- STI/STD testing.

- Education.

- Parenting and Life Skills classes.

- Material assistance.

- Car seats.

- Clothes.

- Diapers and other necessities for baby.

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Fetal Ultrasound
Baby Clothing
Formula/Baby Food
Pregnancy Testing
Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening
Diapers
Child Passenger Safety Seats

Offers certified Technicians on staff at each center to answer questions on proper installation and use of car seats.

Offers free Stop the Bleed/Hands Only CPR Classes, Child Car Safety Seat Checks, and BLS Healthcare Provider CPR Classes ($25).

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Child Passenger Safety Seat Inspections
CPR Instruction
Provides educational materials, car seat checkups, and safety workshops that help parents and caregivers prevent childhood injuries.
Car seat inspections and installation by appointment only. Car seats are available to income eligible individuals.

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Child Passenger Safety Seat Inspections
Child Passenger Safety Seats

Provides a free of cost distribution for women and children needing items such as clothing, diapers, wipes, pack and plays, formula, car seats, bottles and blankets, women's toiletries and gift cards.

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Baby Clothing
Diapers
Formula/Baby Food
Child Passenger Safety Seats
Bedding/Linen

Offers family-centered care and comprehensive obstetric services. Services include hospital delivery, childbirth education opportunities, lactation consulting (with possible home visits), car seat checks and other health and safety screening, as well as, cultural accommodations.

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Childbirth Education
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Child Passenger Safety Seat Inspections
Provides Child Passenger Safety Technicians who are able to help educate caregiver on proper use of car seats. This program can provide no-cost car seats to families in need, but does not distribute infant carriers. This program gives convertibles, combinations, and booster seats. The convertible seat can accommodate a baby as small as 5 pounds.

Provides baby/child car seat checks to make sure the car seats are in working order and installed correctly. Those who qualify may be receive a free car seat

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Child Passenger Safety Seats
Child Passenger Safety Seat Inspections
WHC has certified technicians who give free, hands-on child safety seat inspections and offer advice and guidelines. The goal of this program is to make sure children (one month to 12 years old) are in the right seat and riding safe.

Provides individuals with supplies such as car seats, cribs, diapers, and formula.

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Diapers
Formula/Baby Food
Furniture
Child Passenger Safety Seats
Child safety seat inspections and education.

Nationally certified Child Passenger Safety Seat Technicians are available in the hospital to inspect your newborn's infant seat for any recalls or defects and are also available to teach you how to properly install them.

Nebraska state law requires children up to age six to ride correctly secured in a federally approved child safety seat. This violation carries a $25 fine plus court costs and 1 point is assessed against the operator's driving record.

To see if a child is right for a booster see the 5-point booster test at www.carseat.org.

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Child Passenger Safety Education
Child Passenger Safety Seat Inspections

Provides an injury prevention program that focuses on reducing childhood injury (age 0-14). The primary focuses are bike safety, child passenger safety, safe sleep, and home safety, though other topics are covered as well.

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Indoor Home Safety Education
Child Passenger Safety Education
Bicycle Safety Education
General Safety Education