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Simple Safety - Low Cost Car Seats
Dell Children’s has a store — Simply Safety. They sell low cost car seats and if a family qualifies the store will offer it at a sliding scale.
Store hours vary because its run by volunteers.
Simply Safety
Strictly Pediatrics Medical Bldg.
1301 Barbara Jordan Blvd., Austin TX 78723
512-324-0916
Open Tues.-Thurs (hours vary so call ahead)
Eligibility requirements for receiving a seat
· Family must be low-income.
· One of the child's primary caregivers must attend a 1-hour class about child passenger safety.
· Someone in the household must have a vehicle.
Pregnant women in their last trimester are encouraged to participate. Safe Riders does not provide "infant carriers" but provides convertible seats which can be used rear-facing for young children and then can be converted to forward-facing use when appropriate. Booster seats for older children are also available. Assistance is designed to be one-time only.
Call Safe Riders at 800-252-8255 from 8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday through Friday. You will be referred to a program in your area to contact in order to get scheduled for the next available child safety seat class. Please understand that seats are not always available in every area of the state and programs do not always have a supply of seats.