April 26, 2024
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
- Decatur/Morgan
- Dothan/Houston (1 of 3 installed; 1 planned “near high school”)
- Hoover/Jefferson
- Mobile/Mobile (reportedly will order more than one box)
- Montgomery/Montgomery
- Moulton/Lawrence
- Muscle Shoals area/Colbert
- Orange Beach/Baldwin
- Opelika/Lee
- Oxford/Calhoun
- Ozark/Dale
- Paragould/Greene
- Talladega/Talladega
- Tuscaloosa/Tuscaloosa
Arizona
- Scottsdale/Maricopa
Arkansas
- Batesville area/Independence
- East End/Saline
- Little Rock/Pulaski
Florida
- Bronson/Levy (City Ordinance)
- Chiefland/Levy (City Ordinance)
- Crystal River/Citrus
- Palm Coast (City Ordinance)
- Port St. Lucie/St. Lucie (City Ordinance)
Georgia
- No other information that “we are working on it.”
Idaho
- Blackfoot.Bingham
Indiana
- Anderson/Madison (may be dead)
- Bargarsville/Johnson
- Celestine/DuBois
- Chesterfield/Madison
- Edinburgh/Johnson
- Fremont/Steuben
- Hebron/Porter
- Highland/Lake
- Huntertown/Allen
- Jasper/DuBois
- Knox/Starke
- New Palestine
- Penn Township/St.Joseph
- Porter/Porter
- Spencer County (other than Spencer)
- Westfield/Hamilton
- Williamsport/Warren
Iowa
DesMoines/Polk
Kansas
- Hutchinson/Reno (2)
- McPherson/McPherson
Kentucky
SHBB Inc says it expects a total of 34 boxes in use by the of 2023
- Ashland/Boyd
- Campbell County (no known location)
- Glasgow/Barren
- Hardinsburg/Breckenridge
- Hazard/Perry
- Hodgenville/LaRue
- Hopkinsville/Christian
- Lexington/Fayette
- Madisonville/Hopkins
- Mason County
- McLean County
- Middlesboro/Bell
- Murray/Calloway
- Paducah/McCracken
- Pleasure Ridge Park/Jefferson
- Richmond/Madison
- Winchester/Clark/
Maine
- Caribou/Aroostook
- Rumford/Oxford
Michigan
- Hayes Township/Charlevoix (City Ordinance)
- Monroe/Monroe (City Ordinance)
Mississippi
- Booneville/Prentiss
- Gluckstadt/Madison
- Gulfport/Harrison
- Hattiesburg/Forrest
- Mendenhall/Simpson
- Picayune/Pearl River
- Tupulo/Lee
Missouri
- Joplin/Jasper /Newton
- Mehlville/St. Louis (2nd box)
Nebraska
- Bellvue/Sarpy
New Mexico
- Artesia/Eddy (City Ordinance)
- Farmington (City Ordinance)
- Portales (City Ordinance)
- Loving/Eddy (City Ordinance)
- Silver (City Ordinance)
North Carolina
- Kingston/Lenoir (City Ordinance)
- Sylva/Jackson (City Ordinance)
Ohio
- Chillicothe/Ross
- Cleveland/Cuyahoga
- Holland (Springfield Twn)/ Lucas
- Lawrence County
- Pioneer/Williams (approved, but unable to follow through due to PT status of fire station)
- Plain City/Madison and Union
- Seville-Guilford/Medina
- Springfield Township/Lucas
- Tiffin./Seneca (probably dead)
Oklahoma
- Ardmore/Spencer
- Duncan/Stephens
- Tulsa/Tulsa
Oregon
- reportedly working on city ordinance in unnamed location
Pennsylvania
- Corry/Erie
Tennessee
- Dickson County
- Greenville/Greene
- Jackson/Madison (Box #3)
- Lawrenceburg/Lawrence
- Murfreesboro/Rutherford
- Oak Ridge/Anderson/Roane
- Rocky Top.Anderson
- Rutherford/GIbson
- Smyrna/Rutherford
- South Clinton/Anderson
- Springfield/Robertson
- Tullahoma/Coffee
Texas
- College Station/Brazos
- Fort Worth/Tarrant
- Gatesville/Coryell
- Lubbock/Lubbock
- Odessa/Ector
- San Antonio/Bexar (12 boxes)
- Seminole/Gaines
- Wolforth/Lubbock
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
- Huntington/Cabell
- Morgantown/Monongalia (1 installed; another pending?)
- St. Albans/Kanawha
- Wheeling/Ohio (2)
Wisconsin
- Chippewa Falls /Chippewa
- Edgertown/Rock
- Elkhorn/Walworth
- Madison/Dane
- Marshfield/Wood/Marathon
- Racine/Racine
- Reedsburg/Sauk
- Whitewater/Walworth & Jefferson
Canada
Alberta
- Cold Lake (SHBB Inc)
Ontario
- Clarington
- Niagara
- Pelham
- Sault Ste Marie
Updated: April 26, 2024