saving precious lives by: laura, makia, kayla & eliana
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Saving Precious Lives
A Safe Haven For Newborns
By: Laura, Makia, Kayla & Eliana
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MISSION
A Safe Haven for Newborns is dedicated to saving the precious lives of newborns from the dangers of abandonment and assisting pregnant girls/women in crisis.
VISION
To eliminate infant abandonment in Florida through education, prevention and community involvement and to assist pregnant women to realize a productive future.
A Safe Haven For Newborns
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In A Nutshell… • “Safe Haven for Newborns” is dedicated to reaching pregnant girls and mothers before they reach the crisis stage.
•The lifeline of our organization is our 24/7 multilingual statewide referral helpline to assist pregnant women in crisis.
• Provide quick, one on one assistance accessing our extensive statewide referral database.
• Assist them as they make their decision in the best interest of their baby and themselves, whether with counseling, parenting, health related issues, adoption or confidentially placing their newborn with a "Safe Haven.“
Services
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• Every call made to the organization is confidential and everyone is helped.
• It takes huge compassion and a great deal of courage to seek help instead of the tragic alternative of abandonment, often resulting in an innocent newborns death.
• A Safe Haven for Newborns where the baby is left may ask some medical history questions that will be placed in the baby’s records.
• The person leaving the baby is not required to answer any questions.
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•The helpline it is a state wide, toll free, multilingual, referral helpline and available 24/7 (1-877-767-2229).
•Coordinating and assisting a mother with the entire “Safe Haven” process.
•Taking a newborn to a Safe Haven facility when it is the only option to insure the safety of the baby.
• Providing education and Safe Haven resources.
Direct Assistance
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The baby must be 7 days old or less
• The first hours/days of a newborn’s life are vulnerable, therefore most urgent. • Allows a mother/father to make a constructive and life affirming decision for the infant and themselves.
• Be assured, no one is going to try to find out who you are.
What if the parents change their mind and want their baby back?
• A parent of a newborn infant left at a hospital, emergency medical services station, or fire station under the “Safe Haven” law may claim his or her newborn infant up until the court enters a judgment terminating his or her parental rights which is approximately 30 days.
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The Need For Safe Heaven• There is an escalating crisis in the United States.
Safe Haven provides an alternative to a frightened girl/woman, who, in a moment of desperation, may do something drastic, destroying two lives, hers and her babies.
• The safe haven law passed in 2000 by the Florida legislature creates a safety net for both the mother and the newborn infant.
• A Safe Haven for Newborns announced “170 newborns saved from abandonment. In the twelve years since Florida passed a Safe Haven law, the number of infants abandoned in unsafe places has steadily declined with cases dwindling to zero over the last two and a half years”
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Volunteer
• Our 24/7 Multilingual referral helpline Database
• Public Awareness Statewide Data Base
• Grant Writing• Fundraising Efforts
Donate
• Online or by mail
Tell a friend
• Community Awareness and Outreach
Become a Sponsor
• Guardian Angel over $10,000• Platinum Lifesaver $5,000 - $10,000• Gold Lifesaver $2,500.00-$4,999.00• Silver Lifesaver $1,000-$2,499• Bronze Lifesaver $500- $999.99• Helping Heart up to $499
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Please email [email protected] or call us at our administrative office: 305/882-1304, ext.: 103
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