Safe Baby Box Indiana

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Safe baby box indiana.

If you need help finding a safe haven location or to speak to a licensed counselor call our national safe haven hotline at 1 866 99baby1. See current locations below to find the closest baby box or baby drawer location near you. Saving babies one box at a time. Officials hope to install new baby boxes in kokomo and batesville this month.

Woodburn city fire department 22731 main st woodburn in 46797. Indiana has installed two baby boxes where mothers can anonymously drop off unwanted newborns as an extension of the state s safe haven law. The safe haven baby box in hammond went live on august 7 2019. Baby girl recovered from new haven baby box is healthy.

14 558 likes 3 126 talking about this 15 were here. Read indiana s safe haven baby boxes are saving and changing lives. This is the fifth baby surrendered in a baby box in the past two years in indiana and the third to be surrendered in the past 134 days. Indiana enacted the safe haven law that allows a mother to give up her unwanted baby under the age of 30 days.

The infant was immediately taken to a local hospital after being found at the surrender site at the crown. The infant was surrendered into the box on september 6 just 30 days later. The infant was the 59th baby surrendered in the state of indiana under the safe haven law. A baby box is installed in an exterior wall of a designated fire station or hospital.

Two safe haven baby boxes were opened to the public. The box will be made available at the department located at 300 west tate st. Indiana has also not had a deceased infant from abandonment since we installed the first safe haven baby box in april 2016 says monica kelsey founder and ceo of safe haven baby boxes. A healthy newborn baby has been left in a safe haven baby box in indiana it s reported.