SHBB Cases by State | Stop Baby Boxes Now!

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.

Numbers

Statistics for states where there are installed baby boxes or drawers (e.g., Arizona).

State	Installed	In Use	Boxed Babies*
Indiana	150	149	25 (31)**
Kentucky	68	68	5
Arkansas	37	37	6
Ohio	27	26	3
Tennessee	32	32	6
New Mexico	17	17	4
Arizona#	3/6	3/6 =9	no SHBB cases
Alabama	23	23	7
Mississippi	11	11	3
West Virginia	6	6	0
North Carolina	2	2	0
Oklahoma	9	9	0
Florida	13	13	1
Pennsylvania	5	5	2
Missouri	13	13	3
Iowa	4	4	0
Idaho	3	3	0 (1 deceased)
Texas	22	22	5
Wisconsin	7	7	`1
Kansas	3	3	0
Montana	1	1	0
Louisiana	2	2	0
Virginia	1	1	0
South Dakota	1	1	0
North Dakota	0	0	0
Maine	1	1	0
New Hampshire	1	1	0
Georgia	0	0	0
Totals	462 460 SHBB +6 indie 468	460 458 SHBB + indie 466	*79(84)**

*3 SHBB have been installed in Arizona, while 6 shelves were installed in the past and are not affiliated with SHBB Inc. We do not know if any infants have been shelved at these locations
**This number represents cases that have been verified, usually by an outside source. Sometimes SHBB announces a case but releases no other information. The higher number indicates cases claimed by SHBB Inc. Due too irregular stat posting it’s hard to know what is correc.
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Updated August 11 , 2026