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Community Child 
Care Connection, Inc.
1004 North Milton Avenue
Springfield, IL 62702-4430

Directions

Local:  (217) 525-2805
Toll Free:  1-800-676-2805
Fax:  (217) 525-5859

Office Hours:
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9:00 AM to 4:30PM
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Your Child’s Safety Comes First

  • Never leave a child alone in a car or unattended. Remember, someone with experience can break into your car in less than thirty seconds.
  • Listen when your child tells you he or she does not want to be with someone. Direct questioning may reveal something you should know about them.
  • Be involved in your child’s activities. Know your child’s friends.
  • Pay attention when someone shows greater than normal interest in your child. Find out why. Be doubly cautious in this situation. Don’t allow opportunities for that adult to have your child alone.
  • Be sensitive to changes in your child’s behavior or attitudes. Be especially alert for any portraying premature sexual understanding. Never belittle any fear or concern on the part of your children.
  • Be prepared to describe your children accurately, including clothing, visible identifying marks, or social characteristics. Think of those items now and write them down. It may be more difficult to concentrate in a time of extreme stress. Develop a set procedure should you and your child become separated while away from home. (Example: both may call a trusted friend and leave an address and telephone number to call back. Then wait at the phone until reunited.)
  • Do not buy items which visibly display your child’s name. It could give an abductor the advantage of seeming to know your child. (“Hey Billy, your Mom’s been in an accident. We need to rush to the hospital. Jump in the car!”)
  • Take a photograph of your child each year (4 times each year if under age 2). Have several copies on hand in case your child becomes missing.
  • Be sure your child’s school or child care provider will not release him/her to anyone other than you or someone you officially designate.
  • Instruct the school to contact you immediately if your child is absent, or if someone other than you arrives to pick him/her up without advance notice from you.

Reprinted from: Your Child’s Safety Always Comes First, United Way of Greater St. Louis, Success by 6

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