Information on baby box cases comes from news reports, SHBB Inc reports on social media, and Blessed to Have Been Abandoned: the Story of the Baby Box Lady by Monica Kelsey. From public reports, these babies were in no danger of discard or death.
- Alabama Safe Haven Baby Box Cases
- Arkansas Safe Haven Baby Box Cases
- Florida Safe Haven Baby Box Cases
- Idaho Safe Haven Baby Box Cases
- Indiana Safe Haven Baby Box Cases
- Kentucky Safe Haven Baby Box Cases
- Mississippi Safe Haven Baby Box Cases
- Missouri Safe Haven Baby Box Cases
- New Mexico Safe Haven Baby Box Cases
- Ohio Safe Haven Baby Box Cases
- Pennsylvania Safe Haven Baby Box Cases
- Tennessee Safe Haven Baby Box Cases
- Case Number Discrepancies/Unknown Safe Haven Baby Box Cases
Numbers
Statistics for states where there are installed baby boxes or drawers (e.g., Arizona).
State | Installed * | In Use | Boxed Babies |
Indiana | 148 | 146 | 32* (41) |
Kentucky | 57 | 57 | 5 |
Arkansas | 31 | 31 | 5 |
Ohio | 16 | 15 | 1 |
Tennessee | 23 | 23 | 3 |
New Mexico | 11 | 11 | 4 |
Arizona# | 8 | 1/7 | – |
Alabama | 18 | 18 | 4 |
Mississippi | 9 | 9 | 3 |
West Virginia | 4 | 4 | 0 |
North Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Oklahoma | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Florida | 7 | 7 | 1 |
Pennsylvania | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Missouri | 8 | 8 | 2 |
Iowa | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Idaho | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Texas | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Wisconsin | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Kansas | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Montana | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Louisiana | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Virginia | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 376(AZ +7 = 383 all boxes | 2 decommissioned + 7 AZ = 381 all boxes | 62*(67 |
#Recently, publicly announced box numbers have contradicted each other. We are using our own stats.
Includes similar devices not installed by Safe Haven Baby Boxes Inc
#One SHBB has been installed in Arizona, while seven “shelves: were installed in the past and are not affiliated with SHBB. It is not known if any infants have been shelved at these locations.
Occasionally, when SHBB Inc announces a case, it skips a number with no explanation; Currently, we have 62 acses with some type of documentation/verification or even SHBB Inc acknowledgement, file, SHBB claims 66, including 41 in Indiana, while we have 32, which throws off SHBB Inc stats.. We are working on cataloging other cases,. and if we learn anything, we will add the information on the appropriate pages. On Spt 9 Mrs. Kelsey mentioned on social media that another baby ha ben left recently an there will be an announcement shortly. We are waiting for conformation. See Descrepencies./Unknown page for more information.