{"id":305578,"date":"2024-01-23T10:42:45","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T16:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=305578"},"modified":"2024-01-23T10:01:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T16:01:36","slug":"indiana-sees-first-safe-haven-surrender-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indiana-sees-first-safe-haven-surrender-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana sees its first Safe Haven Baby Box surrender of 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Safe Haven Baby Box in<\/span> Indiana marked the organization’s first safe haven rescue of 2024.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The rescue occurred at the Georgetown Township Fire Protection District last week. It is the first surrender at that Safe Haven Baby Box, which was installed in December 2022.<\/p>\n

The Safe Haven Baby Box<\/a> organization installs safe, temperature-controlled boxes in fire stations around the country. When a child is placed inside, a silent alarm is immediately triggered, alerting authorities who then tend to the infant within minutes. The boxes are available so that a parent can surrender their child anonymously under their state’s safe haven law; in Indiana, parents can surrender their child in the first 30 days after birth.<\/p>\n

Fire Chief William Banta said firefighters responded within two minutes after being notified that an infant was in the box.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m proud that we were able to offer this to you,\u201d Banta said<\/a>, addressing the infant’s parent. \u201cI get emotional because I know for a fact how tough it is to be a single parent. I was one. I understand the struggles. I had a great support system. The person who did this last week did the right thing and they need to be applauded.\u201d<\/p>\n