San Joaquin County Public Health Services has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) for a year-long project to increase public awareness around new child passenger safety laws in California and to expand child safety seat education, services and training within the county. From 2011 to 2014, 80 percent of child fatalities (ages 0-7) from car crashes were linked to being unrestrained or improperly restrained in San Joaquin County. Public Health Services will use the funding to enhance its continuing efforts to keep children safe in and around cars and decrease motor vehicle-related deaths and injuries among children.