Tucson Safe Baby

Casa de los Niños has been involved with the Tucson Safe Baby program since it began. Safe Baby locations are places where a woman who delivers an unwanted baby may relinquish the child, no questions asked. She must do so in the first 72 hours of the infant’s life. She must also hand the baby to a staff member at the location rather than leaving it unattended. Given those two conditions, however, the matter will be kept confidential and the child will be sent to an appropriate hospital or shelter.

The Tucson Safe Baby program saves lives. It gives women a healthy alternative to simply abandoning a child she doesn’t want or knows she can’t care for.

Casa de los Niños and most local hospitals are official Safe Baby locations that are open 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week. Women wishing to leave their baby at Casa de los Niños should come to our Crisis Shelter entrance at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Helen Street. That entrance is staffed 24 hours a day.

For a complete list of Safe Baby locations visit http://www.tucsonsafebaby.org