Safe Kids Nebraska

Health Promotion

Public Health

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What you need to know

Safe Kids Nebraska works to make communities safer for children. Safe Kids Nebraska provides support to the local Safe Kids coalitions to promote safety through education and awareness campaigns, community programming, distribution of safety devices and local events/celebrations. Safe Kids Worldwide offers a large library of safety tips targeted to different injury prevention areas and age groups.

Safe Kids programs in Nebraska address the following causes of unintentional injury:

Motor vehicle occupant
Bicycle and other wheeled sports
Fire/burn
Home safety
Falls
Sports safety
Pedestrian safety
Poisoning
Drowning/submersion
Safe sleep

Tip

Get your car seat checked

Nebraska Child Safety Restraint Law

All children up to age eight must ride correctly secured in a federally-approved car seat or booster seat.
Children ride rear-facing until up to age two or until they reach the upper weight or height limit allowed by the car seat's manufacturer.
Children up to age eight must ride in the back seat, as long as there is a back seat equipped with a seatbelt and is not already occupied by other children under eight years of age.
Children ages eight to eighteen must ride secured in a safety belt or child safety seat (booster seat).
Childcare providers must transport all children securely in an appropriate federally-approved car seat, booster seat or seat belt.
Children up to age eighteen are prohibited from riding in cargo areas.
Violation carries a $25 fine plus court costs and 1 point is assessed against the operator's driving record.

Nebraska Child Safety Restraint Law: 60-6,267 & 60-6,268