{"id":2254,"date":"2025-09-09T15:02:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T15:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/central-virginia\/?page_id=2254"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:18:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:18:20","slug":"safe-sleep-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vdh.virginia.gov\/central-virginia\/safe-sleep-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Safe Sleep Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Safe Sleep Program:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/safetosleep.nichd.nih.gov\/\">Safe Sleep<\/a> program aims to prevent infant sleep-related deaths by educating parents and caregivers on the importance of practicing safe sleep for their babies and by providing portable cribs to families who, otherwise, cannot afford a safe place for their babies to sleep.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligibility-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The parent\/caregiver must be on public assistance or meet income eligibility and have no safe sleeping arrangement for their baby. 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