​Safe Riders partners with programs in Texas to educate about child passenger safety and provide child safety seats (CSS) to families in need. Safe Riders refers families to established distribution partner site locations in their local community.

Safe Riders Goals

Safe Riders wants to:

• Reduce motor vehicle crash (MVC) injuries and fatalities to unrestrained Texas children;
• Serve as an education and training resource for distribution partner site locations; and
• Help build program capacity and sustainability.

The program is available to eligible recipients and is available in many areas of Texas.

Eligibility requirements for receiving a seat

• A family must be low-income or must be experiencing financial hardship.
• Primary caregivers must attend an educational session.
• Expecting families must be in their third trimester.

Safe Riders cannot provide more than one seat per child. (Example: for additional vehicles or caregivers)

The parent / caregiver should make an appointment for each child in the household that needs a safety seat.

Please find an overview of the Safe Riders program here.

Find a distribution partner site location near you by:

• Calling our Safe Riders program at 800-252-8255;
• Visiting our distribution partner site location map; or 
• Emailing Safe Riders for more information at saferiders@dshs.texas.gov.

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