Laws and locations of Safe Haven Baby Boxes in the United States.
US Baby Box Map
An interactive Google Map is also available that shows the exact facilities and locations in states that have installed Safe Haven Baby Boxes, in addition to which boxes have led to infant abandonments. That map is available here.
List of States
Information, news, and general legislative updates are available on most states. See the SSHBB legislation page for details on current bills.
Key: # States with SHBB laws | * States with SHBB Inc. Boxes | % States with other types of boxes
Alabama#
Alaska
Arizona %
Arkansas #*
California %
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida *
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana #* (2 pages)
Iowa#
Kansas#
Kentucky#*
Louisiana#
Maine#
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi#*
Missouri#*
Montana#
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico*
New York
North Carolina*
Numbers
Statistics for states where there are installed baby boxes or drawers (e.g., Arizona). States are listed in order of number of installed boxes. For more details of cases, see SHBB Cases by State. “In Use” indicates the number of boxes that are actually in use in a state and have not been deactivated, whether related to functional problems with a box or regulatory issues that prompted the state to order the closure of a box. Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, and Montana recently passed laws, but they are not in effect yet.
| State | Installed | In Use | Boxed Babies |
| Indiana | 105 | 101 | 25 |
| Kentucky | 20 | 20 | 3 |
| Arkansas | 19 | 19 | 5 |
| Ohio | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| Arizona | 6 | 4 | – |
| New Mexico | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Florida | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| California | 1 | 1 | – |
| North Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Missouri | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kansas | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mississippi | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Montana | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iowa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unknown State* | – | – | 1 |
| Totals | 170 | 162 | 36 |