By Daily Press staff
The Venice Family Clinic will provide free child safety car seats to low-income patients with young children through a $53,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety.
As part of the clinic’s “Safe and Healthy Newborn” series, patients who complete a child passenger safety course, and have children no older than six years old, will receive free car seats for their youngsters.
There will be six, 10-week classes of prenatal education classes, including a session on child passenger safety to approximately 320 pregnant women at the Venice Health Center and the clinic’s Pico Boulevard center over a two-year period. About 18 percent of the women come from the Santa Monica area.
In addition, at least two pediatric booster classes per year will be offered at the Venice Family Clinic’s main facility on Rose Avenue.
The Venice Family Clinic is the largest free clinic in the United States with four sites and 17,000 patients, who make 83,000 visits per year. The clinic operates with a 2,100 volunteer base, 500 of which are doctors.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 23, 2002. Read the original PDF.