PAULDING COUNTY CASA/ SAFE HAVEN TRAINING

284 Dallas Industrial Drive,Dallas GA 30132

25 August, 2021

Description

The Hope Box is Georgia's Safe Haven Law Experts and Training Facilitators This training ensures that all safe haven provider staff will: • Be proficiently informed of the law and be better equipped should a mother invoke the Safe Haven Law and relinquish her infant at a site • Be able to detail appropriate procedures and protocols in which to follow in case of a relinquishment • Be able to explain serious circumstances surrounding the issue of abandonment with the goal of changing personal perspective of mothers who are considering this option THE HOPE BOX is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded to address the issues of infant discardment, abandonment, neglect, and abuse through legislation, education, advocacy, and Safe Haven drop centers. THE HOPE BOX is the Safe Haven chapter for the State of Georgia and  was instrumental in amending House Bill 391 in 2017.