Through the Gear-Up for Safety Program, families are provided with necessary safety items—Pack ’N Plays, car seats, electrical outlet covers, baby locks, baby gates, carbon monoxide and smoke detectors, and more—to ensure that their homes are safe places for children. In addition, Gear-Up for Safety Program staff members help with the installation of these safety items and provide education and training on safety topics identified by participating families.

Does Gear-Up for Safety Program cost anything?

No. The program is free and voluntary.

Whom does the Gear-Up for Safety Program serve?

The Gear-Up Safety Program offers help to families.

You can call Lutheran Social Services of Indiana for the Gear-Up Safety Program to refer yourself or you may be referred by another person or agency.

How do you enroll?

Just call (260) 426-3347 and ask for the Gear-Up for Safety Program. You’ll be asked a few simple questions to make sure that the Gear-Up for Safety Program can help you. Or, your referring organization can email lmartin@lssin.org.

Why should you call to enroll in the Gear-Up for Safety Program?

To receive needed free safety items in your home.

To receive free educational information on safety topics for your children.

To receive free support and connections to resources in your community.