Service Name: SAFELY SURRENDERED BABY ( SAFE HAVEN FOR NEWBORNS )
Organization Name: ENLOE HEALTH
Location
Location Name: ENLOE HEALTH
- Accessibility: Designated, Accessible Parking Spaces|Fully accessible to individuals using mobility aids|Wheelchair Access Full Bathroom
- Physical Address: 1531 Esplanade, Chico, CA, 95926
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- Description: Provides a program to protect newborns from abandonment, the Safely Surrendered Baby law in California allows a parent who is unable or unwilling to care for a newborn to legally and confidentially surrender their baby to a hospital within 3 days of birth. The parent will not be arrested or prosecuted for child abandonment and can leave the hospital with no questions asked. A 14 day "cooling off" period is established if the parent changes their mind. Safely surrendered babies are given a medical exam and placed in a foster home or pre-adoptive home.
- Website: http://www.enloe.org/
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- Hours: The emergency rooms at hospitals in Butte County function as a safe haven for surrendered newborns 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The two Enloe Prompt Care locations in Chico are also safe havens during their normal business hours.
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Areas Served:
- United States
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