September 22, 2023
Areas suffering from medical deserts, especially those with little or no OB/GYN services, are vulnerable communities for Safe Haven Baby Box campaigns, so it is no surprise that many boxes are located in rural or small towns that lack comprehensive healthcare. At the moment, however, it appears that SHBB Inc does not explicitly target those areas. This, of course, can change. Currently, boxes are doled out on a first-come-first-serve basis. Anyone can start a campaign and raise funds to pay for lease and installation and can obtain a box when finances and installation procedures plans are in place. (Fundraising and installation in theory must follow SHBB Inc rules and state regulations.)
Below is a list by state and then city/county of known proposed/approved baby box locations or locations where fundraising campaigns are active. Certainly, there are more locations that we don’t know about. This information is taken from news articles, press releases, and social media and will be updated frequently.
- See Safe Haven Baby Box Promoters Page for information on donors and supporters.
- See State pages for news stories and other details
- See the Legislation page for up-to-date legislative news
Alabama
- Auburn/Lee
- Foley/Baldwin
- Birmingham/Jefferson
- Dothan/Houston
- Gadsen/Etowah and Anniston/Calhoun areas
- Huntsville/Madison (reportedly will be 1st city scheduled to open box)
- Mobile/Mobile (reportedly will order more than one box)
- Montgomery/Montgomery
- Muscle Shoals area/Colbert
- Oxford/Calhoun
- Prattville/Augauga/Elmore
- Talladega/Talladega
- Tuscaloosa/Tuscaloosa
Arkansas
- Little Rock/Pulaski
- Mayflower/Faulkner
- Searcy/White
Florida
- Chiefland/Levy (City Ordinance)
- Newberry/Alachua (City Ordinance)
- Port St. Lucie/St. Lucie (City Ordinance)
Georgia
No other information that “we are working on it.”
Indiana
- Albion/Noble
- Anderson/Madison (may be dead)
- Bargarsville/Johnson
- Brazil/Clay
- Celestine/DuBois
- Edinburgh/Johnson
- Fremont/Steuben
- Hebron/Porter
- Highland/Lake
- Huntertown/Allen
- Jasper/DuBois
- LaPorte/LaPorte
- New Palestine
- Penn Township/St.Joseph
- Porter/Porter
- Rockport/Spencer
- Rushville/Rush
- Westfield/Hamilton
- Williamsport/Warren
- Winchester/Randolph
Iowa
- Fort Dodge/Webster
Kansas
- McPherson/McPherson
Kentucky
SHBB Inc says it expects a total of 34 boxes in use by the of 2023
- Ashland/Boyd
- Bardstown/Nelson
- Edgewood/Kenton
- Gallatin County
- Hazard/Perry
- Hodgenville/LaRue
- Hopkinsville/Christian
- London/Laurel
- Ludlow/Kenton
- McLean County
- Middlesboro/Bell
- Nicholasville/ Jessamine
- Paducah/McCracken
- Pendleton County
Maine
- Caribou/Aroostook
Michigan
- Reportedly working on city ordinances (as per “Tumbler Tuesday, June 12, 2023)
- Hayes Township/Charlevoix
Mississippi
- Hattiesburg/Forrest
- Mendenhall
New Mexico
- Artesia/Eddy (City Ordinance)
- Belen/Valencia (City Ordinance)
- Carlsbad/Eddy (City Ordinance)
- Portalels (City Ordinance)
- Roswell/Chaves (City Ordinance)
- Loving/Eddy (City Ordinance)
North Carolina
- Kingston/Lenoir (City Ordinance)
- Sylva/Jackson (City Ordinance)
Ohio
- Chillicothe/Ross
- Cleveland/Cuyahoga
- Greenville/Darke (box installed, but unable to open due to PT status of fire station. “Waiting for law to change.”
- Harrison/Hamilton
- Holland (Springfield Twn)/ Lucas
- Lebanon/Warren (box installed, but never opened)
- Pioneer/Williams (approved, but unable to follow through due to PT status of fire station)
- Plain City/Madison and Union
- Seville/Medina
- Springfield Township/Lucas
- Tiffin./Seneca (probably dead)
Oklahoma
- Duncan/Stephens
- Tulsa/Tulsa
Oregon
- reportedly working on city ordinance in unnamed location
Tennessee
- Greenville/Greene
- Hendersonville/Sumner
- Jackson/Madison (Box #3)
- Kingston/Roane
- Murfreesboro/Rutherford
- Smyrna/Rutherford
Texas
- College Station/Brazos
- Fort Worth/Tarrant
- San Antonio/Bexar (12 boxes)
- Seminole/Gaines
Virginia
- reportedly 5 boxes will be sent to unnamed Virginia locations
West Virginia
- 1 shipped on unnamed location (as per Tumbler Tuesday, June 12, 2023)
- another box to an unnamed location (as per Tumbler Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Wisconsin
- Chippewa Falls /Chippewa (city ordinance)
- Madison/Dane (city ordinance)
Updated September 22, 2023