National Child Passenger Safety Certification Training Program Community Resources Tool

INSTRUCTIONS: The Community Resources Tool allows Instructors to provide information on local and special needs resources in one location. This tool makes it easy for new certified CPS Technicians to find contacts and information for specific areas of need such as languages or diversity in populations, school transportation, special needs, rural areas, and more.

1. Report your local misuse rate, which serves as a good reminder to new CPS Technicians of the importance of continued work and dedication in this field.

2. Add state contacts for the CPS field.

3. Add local resources within your county/city such as low cost/no cost car seats and booster seats.

4. Provide contact information for those who provide special needs in your area. Get in touch with your state CPS coordinator to identify these special needs resources.

5. List specific programs that provide services locally such as education programs and violator classes.

6. Identify the Safe Kids contact for your area. You can list either programs or individuals that are available to assist, with phone, email, and local websites.

7. Identify local websites that provide additional CPS information and resources. This could include agencies that are funded to work in your specific geographical areas as well as statewide, or agencies that are funded by the state to provide assistance to CPS Technicians and Instructors.

The National Center for the Safe Transportation of Children with Special Healthcare Needs is already noted on the template.

NOTE: Make sure you have included resources in all of the rows for access to child restraints, CPS Technicians/Instructors who speak other languages and are willing to assist the field, materials specific to low SES populations, languages, and special needs.

Community Resources Tool(continued)

Organization:	Misuse Rate:

	Organization
	Available Resources
	Website
	Phone
	
State Contacts
					
Local CPS Resources
					
Local Special Needs Resources
					
Specific Programs
					
Safe Kids
					
Local Websites

National Center for the Safe Transportation of Children with Special Healthcare Needs www.preventinjury.org or 1-800-755-0912