Car Seats
*Please note our request form closes weekly from Friday at 4 PM CST time and reopens on Monday Mornings at 8 AM CST time. We appreciate your understanding and look forward to processing your requests during working hours.
CAR SEATS INSURANCE GUIDELINES
We are able to provide car seats to those with one of the Minnesota state-sponsored (Medicaid) insurance plans listed below. INSURANCE plans will NOT approve car seat requests for pregnant clients until they are 7 months pregnant. We still encourage you to submit your car seat request prior to that point.
State-sponsored Blue Plus
The birthing parent can receive a car seat in their 7th month of pregnancy
Children can receive car seats every 3 years until the age 8
State-sponsored HealthPartners
The birthing parent can receive a car seat in their 7th month of pregnancy
Children can receive one car seat per lifetime
State-sponsored Hennepin Health
The birthing parent can receive a car seat in their 7th month of pregnancy
Children can receive car seats every 3 years until the age 8
State-sponsored Medica (Car Seat Education Only)
The birthing parent and or sole provider can receive car seat education.
Everyday Miracles does not provide a car seat, the birthing parent can receive a $70 voucher through Medica Member Services to purchase a car seat.
State-sponsored UCare and UCare Individual Family Plans
The birthing parent can receive a car seat in their 7th month of pregnancy
Children can receive car seats every 3 years until the age 8
AND WITHIN AN ELIGIBLE COUNTY:
Hennepin
Ramsey
Dakota
Anoka
Washington
St. Louis (Ucare and Blue Plus insurance only)
Scott
Blue Earth (Ucare and Blue Plus insurance only)
Morrison (UCare insurance only)
HOW TO REQUEST A CAR SEAT:
Complete our request form
Keep an eye out for additional communication from Everyday Miracles, as car seats often require additional information to be approved
Once your request is approved, a Car Seat Technician will call you to schedule a time to deliver the seat and provide one-on-one safety education (this usually takes 3 weeks from the date of request)
Please note if you submit a carseat request after baby is born, you need to wait until the baby has insurance or we cannot process it. The best time to submit a car seat request is the start of the 3rd trimester!
Car seat deliveries may take up to 3-4 weeks after initial referral and deliveries are scheduled according to estimated due date of the baby. After receiving your request, we will only contact you if we need more information or to inform you that we are unable to fulfill your request.
You can be confident knowing that every car seat that we provide is brand new and has never been used. It will be delivered to your home by a trained Car Seat Technician, who will instruct you on how to safely install and use the seat in your vehicle.
While every insurance company provides a slightly different model of seat, all companies provide a convertible-style car seat, meant for children from newborn size to 30 lbs. Please note there is no option to choose a seat including brand, color, etc.
If you are requesting a seat for a newborn (or soon-to-be born) baby, you will receive a convertible car seat, which may resemble the one pictured (which is only meant to be representative of the type of seat). This seat is rear-facing for infants and can transition to a forward-facing seat after the age of 2 years old. These convertible seats are safe for babies who are at least 5 lbs.
You may also request a car seat for older children. Insurance plans typically provide a seat for children up to the age of 8 years old. To do so, please select 'yes’, in the car seat section where it asks “Do you have a child (8 years or younger) who you'd like to request a car seat for?”. To add additional children, select ‘I want to add second child’.
QUESTIONS?
If you have any questions about a car seat requests, please call our office at 612-353-6293