Required Program for Foster Care and Daycare Providers
As part of Minnesota Statute § 142B.51, foster care and daycare providers are required to complete a car seat safety training every 5 years. The Child and Restraint Systems (C.A.R.S.) Program is transitioning to the new B.E.S.T. (Basic Education for Safe Travel) Program. This streamlined, hybrid approach will ensure providers receive up-to-date information, while offering proper training on the correct use of child restraint systems, based on the child’s size, weight and age, as well as the proper installation of car seats or booster seats in the vehicle used by the provider to transport children.  You must complete both steps below.