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The CDC's new COVID-19 Community Levels is a tool to help communities decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest data for each area. Levels can be low, medium, or high and are determined by looking at hospital beds being used, hospital admissions, and the total number of new COVID-19 cases in an area. Take precautions to protect yourself and others from COVID-19 based on the COVID-19 Community Level in your area.
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Click flyer to print and share!Parents and caregivers, is your child’s car seat safely installed? Is it time for a change? The Cherokee County Health Department is joining Safe Kids Cherokee County to invite you to a Car Seat Checkup Event on Friday, March 11th from 2 PM to 4 PM.
The Car Seat Checkup Event will take place at the Cherokee County Health Department at 7545 North Main Street in Woodstock. Nationally certified technicians will teach how to fit and install child car seats and booster seats so children will be buckled up right, every trip, every time.
Not able to obtain a suitable car seat for your child? Car seats and booster seats will be provided to financially eligible families on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.
Local partnering agencies supporting the Car Seat Checkup Event include Cherokee Recreation & Parks, the Cherokee Fire Department, and the North Georgia Health District.
Social distancing and proper PPE will be utilized at the event.
For more information, contact (678) 493-4343 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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Will help ensure children are buckled up right, every trip, every time!North GA – The 2022 Car Seat Mini-Grant by the Georgia Department of Public Health, Injury Prevention Program was awarded in all six counties of North Georgia Health District 1-2. These mini grant awards will help health departments, law enforcement and community partners in Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens and Whitfield counties work together to provide car seats and education to financially eligible families. This program is funded by the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety to help ensure Georgia’s children are safe while riding in motor vehicles.
Since 2007, the education, car seats and booster seats provided through the mini grant prevented serious injury or death and saved 425 of Georgia’s children who were involved in crashes. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, car seats reduce fatal injuries by 71 percent among infants and by 54 percent among children ages 1 to 4 years in passenger cars. Car seats offer the best protection for children in the event of a crash, and they are most effective when installed and used correctly. Nearly three out of every four car seats are not used properly, placing children at unnecessary risk.
Through the Car Seat Mini-Grant, agencies supporting more than 120 counties are working to keep Georgia’s children safe. These programs help families get their children buckled up right, every trip, every time.
For more information about the local county car seat safety program and to arrange an appointment for car seat inspection or distribution, contact the health department in Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Murray, Pickens or Whitfield County.
For information regarding other counties involved in the program, please contact the Georgia Department of Public Health’s Child Occupant Safety Project via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call (404) 463-1487.
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Atlanta – The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is urging parents and caregivers of infants to check their powdered infant formula before using it due to a recall of some products. The recall includes select lots of Similac®, Alimentum®, and EleCare® formulas manufactured by Abbott Nutrition in its Sturgis, Michigan, facility. The products are sold throughout the U.S.
- the first two digits of the code are 22 through 37and
- the code on the container contains K8, SH, or Z2, and
- the expiration date is 4-1-2022(APR 2022) or later.
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