Ford Motor Co. and the United Auto Workers are partnering with the American Football Coaches Association for a new program aimed at keeping children safe and finding them quicker if something was to happen.
The new program, which officials announced today at Ford Field in Detroit, includes distributing inkless fingerprint identification kits to at least 225,000 families in communities the Dearborn-based automaker and UAW has hourly employees, including 50,000 kits for Detroit Public Schools.
"One of our mottos is we want to make a better community, and our DNA is going out and helping people,” said Marty Mulloy, Ford vice president for labor affairs, during a media event announcing the new program today at Ford Field in Detroit. “This is a great opportunity to partner with two great organizations.”