Allen County Public Health is committed to reducing sleep-related infant deaths. Through a grant from the Ohio Department Children and Youth, Allen County Public Health offers the Cribs for Kids® Program. Portable cribs (also called cribettes or pack n plays) are available at no cost to qualifying families.
Families must be at least 32 weeks pregnant OR have an infant younger than 12 months, and be eligible for WIC or Medicaid. Please do not request a crib until you meet these qualifications.
Cribs are available by WALK-IN on Thursdays from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. at ACPH, 219 E. Market Street.
Does your baby have a SAFE SLEEP SPACE?
Infant safe sleep
Every week in Ohio, 3 babies die in unsafe sleep environments. Parents can reduce the risks of this tragedy by knowing and following the ABC’s of infant safe sleep. Babies should always sleep Alone, on their Back, in their Crib for every sleep. In addition to the ABCs of safe sleep the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has expanded their guidelines to ensure that your baby is sleeping in a safe sleep environment that will reduce the risk of sleep related infant deaths such as Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), suffocation, asphyxia and entrapment.
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