2025 Indiana Child Passenger Safety Conference

Registration for the 2025 Indiana Child Passenger Safety Conference will open soon!

Attendees can earn child passenger safety technician CEUs, as required for CPS Technician recertification. Also, law enforcement officers will be able to earn training hours by attending conference sessions.

The annual large community car seat clinic will be Wednesday, May 14, 2025 from 4:30pm to 6:30pm at Ivy Tech Community College, Parking Lot 9, Located west of the North Illinois Center (108 W. 28th St., Indianapolis, IN 46208).

The Automotive Safety Program & Safe Kids Indiana are looking for volunteers to assist with the annual Ivy Tech Car Seat Clinic on Wednesday, May 14, 2025.

Volunteers for the 2:00pm to 6:00pm shift will assist with:

1. Setup items such as tables, chairs, traffic cones, car seats, signs, etc.
2. Assist with the set up of car seat clinic lanes and supplies
3. Assemble paperwork and distribute to families awaiting car seat inspections
4. Welcome families, provide paperwork and educational materials to families and provide information on the inspection process
5. Retrieve items needed such as car seats, towels, noodles, etc.
6. Assist with directing traffic flow
7. Break down and recycle car seats
8. If bilingual, provide interpretation to caregivers
9. Other duties as needed

Volunteers for the 3:30pm to 7:30pm shift will assist with:

1. Assemble paperwork and distribute to families awaiting car seat inspections
2. Welcome families, provide paperwork and educational materials to families and provide information on the inspection process
3. Retrieve items needed such as car seats, towels, noodles, etc.
4. Assist with directing traffic flow
5. Break down and recycle car seats
6. If bilingual, provide interpretation to caregivers
7. Other duties as needed
8. Provide clean up at the end of the event which includes loading supplies into trucks, breaking down boxes, sorting supplies, moving cones, etc.

Questions? Contact Craig Robinson via email: Rocrobin@iu.edu

• The clinic will be canceled in the event of bad weather or an emergency.
• Please dress appropriately for the weather, and in comfortable shoes and clothing.
• Volunteers must be over the age of 18.
• Volunteers must show registration ticket at the entrance gate.
• Volunteers who are bilingual are highly needed for interpretation of Spanish, Haitian Creole, Burmese, French, and other languages.

About the 2023 Annual Car Seat Clinic:

The annual Indianapolis Car Seat Clinic is a partnership with the Automotive Safety Program, Anthem, Dorel Juvenile, Indiana Criminal Justice Institute, and Safe Kids Indiana. Car seats are inspected by child passenger safety technicians (CPSTs). Both CPSTs and volunteers are essential to a successful clinic. In 2023, the Indianapolis Ivy Tech Car Seat Clinic conducted over 126 inspections and provided over 118 car seats to families in need.

The 29th Annual Child Safety Advocate Awards will honor individuals and organizations who have demonstrated extraordinary efforts in preventing injuries and deaths among Indiana’s children.

Do you know an amazing child safety advocate? Is there a tech or instructor that has gone above and beyond to keep kids safe in your community? Safe Kids Indiana and the Automotive Safety Program will host the Annual Child Safety Advocate Awards (CSAA) to honor people who exhibit true dedication to the safety and well-being of children in their communities. This Annual Celebration recognizes organizations and individuals who demonstrate extraordinary efforts in preventing injury and death among children in Indiana.

The CSAA Luncheon will take place on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 at the IVY Tech Community College Culinary and Conference Center.

The nominations will open in March.

The Ivy Tech Community College Culinary and Conference Center does not have on-site lodging. If you are interested in overnight lodging, please click here for a list of downtown hotels.

Cancellation requests must be made in writing to Becky Tamosaitis no later than Friday, April 11, 2025. Registrant substitutions will be accepted.

For more information, please contact Becky Tamosaitis, Project Manager, Automotive Safety Program/Safe Kids Indiana, at btamosai@iu.edu.