Safe Haven Baby Box Adoption

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Safe haven baby box adoption.

Educate your clients about adoption and safe haven. November 4 2018 at 12 19 am. This law was expanded in 2018 authorizing the use of baby boxes a baby box is a safety incubator where a baby can be placed and then receive immediate care without any interaction between the person placing the baby and the person who begins caring for the baby. When a parent cannot care for an infant leaving the baby at a safe haven may be the best choice for the child.

Eight babies have been surrendered in one of our 38 baby boxes. Safe haven baby boxes has referred over 500 women to crisis pregnancy centers assisted in 6 adoption referrals and have had 79 legal safe haven surrenders. Safe haven keeps the baby safe and the birth mothers name off paper and her pregnancy out of sight out of mind. To adopt a safe haven baby you have to be registered in a participating adoption agency that receives a safe haven baby.

Danny february 26 2019. Eight babies have been surrendered inside safe haven baby boxes since the first was installed in 2016. Three babies were surrendered to firefighters at safe haven baby box locations. That is safe haven in a nutshell.

Know the difference between adoption and safe haven laws before you make a decision you can t take back. Contact us and start the process. If the birth parent is not sure about this decision an adoption social worker can help by providing information on available options and services for birth parents and their babies.