Highway Safety Research Center, UNC-CH

730 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Suite 300
CB #3430
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
800-672-4527 (in NC only)
919-962-2202
www.hsrc.unc.edu

HSRC conducts basic and applied research that increases knowledge and contributes to reducing death, injury, and the related societal costs.

HSRC also operates the NC Child Passenger Safety Resource Center and coordinates NC Child Passenger Safety training activities, is the host for buckleupnc.org, and maintains an in-state toll-free phone line to answer child restraint and seat belt questions for parents and CPS advocates.

NC Department of Insurance

Office of State Fire Marshal
322 Chapanoke Road
Raleigh, NC 27603
800-634-7854
888-347-3737 (Safe Kids North Carolina)
919-661-5880
www.ncsafekids.org

The Programs, Injury Prevention & Grants Section of the Office of State Fire Marshal serves as the coordinating agency for the North Carolina Safe Kids Buckle Up and Safe Kids North Carolina programs.

• NC Safe Kids Buckle Up involves fire and rescue personnel as well as other health and safety advocates in safety seat distribution and education programs. NC child passenger safety activities are coordinated through the Buckle Up Kids program. The Buckle Up Kids Program coordinates child passenger safety training programs for the state.
  
• Safe Kids North Carolina is affiliated with Safe Kids Worldwide to combat the causes of deaths among children caused by unintentional injuries. The NC Coalition works to address the major unintentional risk areas of traffic incidents, fire/burns, drowning, falls, poisonings, and choking/suffocation.
  
• Bucklebear is a program that teaches young children about car seat, passenger (car seats, seat belts and air bags), pedestrian, and bicycle safety. This curriculum with reusable material is targeted for children ages 2-6. The Bucklebear program has many teaching tools including puppets and a tape that is used with the puppet to make the program lots of fun for the children.

NC Governor's Highway Safety Program

215 E. Lane Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
919-733-3083
800-999-9676
http://www.ncdot.org/programs/GHSP/

State agency serving as overall coordinator for highway safety programs in North Carolina. Primary source for NC specific traffic safety related materials.

El Pueblo, Inc

4 North Blount Street
2nd Floor
Raleigh, NC 27601
919-835-1525
www.elpueblo.org

A North Carolina non-profit statewide advocacy and public policy organization dedicated to strengthening the Latino community through leadership development, education, and promotion of cross-cultural understanding in partnerships at the local, state, and national levels. El Pueblo is the primary coordinating agency for Nuestra Seguridad, a statewide coalition that strives to reduce the disproportionate amount of highway safety fatalities among Hispanic drivers in North Carolina through the development and distribution of culturally appropriate Spanish-language materials on highway safety. A list of free materials available through the campaign is on El Pueblo's website.

NC State Highway Patrol

Division of State Highway Patrol
512 N. Salisbury Street
4702 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-4702
(919) 733-7952
www.ncshp.org

The NC State Highway Patrol produces a brochure titled BIBS (Buckle In Baby Safely) that can be ordered through the Crime Control and Public Safety Public Affairs Office (919-733-5027). The BIBS brochure comes with an emergency information sticker that can provide emergency personnel with valuable information about a child in case adults in the vehicle are unconscious. The Patrol's Traffic Safety Information Officers can provide a variety of traffic safety related educational programs to community groups.

NC Department of Health and Human Services

Division of Child Development
2201 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27626-2201
800-859-0829 (in-state calls only)
919-662-4499
http://ncchildcare.dhhs.state.nc.us/general/home.asp

The Division of Child Development oversees all aspects of child care services in North Carolina including the regulation of child care facilities. Transportation regulations for NC child care providers require that they adhere to the NC CPS law as well as additional child to staff ratio, climate control, cleanliness, safety and other standards when transporting children.

NC Department of Transportation, Public Transportation Division

1550 Mail Service Center
1 South Wilmington Street
Raleigh NC 27699-1550
919-733-4713 ext 241
www.ncdot.org/transit/transitnet/

The NCDOT/PTD provide funds to and oversight of rural public and human service transportation providers. The Employee Development Unit is responsible for funding, technical support and monitoring of grantees’’ training, safety and security programs.

Find Local Assistance

Being able to meet and work with well-trained certified child passenger safety technicians is usually the most effective way for parents and other care givers to get assistance with child passenger safety decisions, choices, and installation problems. Use the link below to find local assistance. If a program cannot be found in your area, contact the NC Child Passenger Safety Resource Center, UNC Highway Safety Research Center at 919-962-2202 or 800-672-4527 (in NC only) for additional suggestions.

Programs and agencies in North Carolina that may be contacted for information on child passenger safety and the availability of "hands-on" service of checking to make sure child restraints are installed and used correctly can be found on the Local NC CPS Contacts and Resources page.