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Safe Haven Box Installed in Franklin County | Columbus News
Franklin County just got a lifesaving lifeline for parents in crisis: a climate-controlled, anonymous Safe Haven Baby Box installed by the Prairie Township Fire Department. Designed to protect both baby and parent, the box locks automatically and alerts responders with a privacy-protecting delay. Inspired by a heartbreaking local tragedy, Lt. Andrew Joseph and founder Monica Kelsey — herself once abandoned as an infant — see this as a last-resort safety net, not a substitute for parenting or adoption. Firefighters and Safe Haven Baby Boxes will maintain the system with weekly tests and annual…
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