SAFELY SURRENDER YOUR BABY
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Occasionally parents face difficult and desperate circumstances and find they are not ready or able to raise a newborn. These parents have the option under the Safely Surrendered Baby Law to legally and safely surrender their newborn baby within three days of their birth (72 hours) at various Ventura County locations without fear or arrest. Any Ventura County Fire Department fire station, Ventura County Medical Center and Santa Paula Hospital are designated as Safe Havens for surrendered babies.
The surrender process is simple and protects both the parent and the baby. When a baby is surrendered at a Safe Haven, a confidential, coded ankle bracelet will be placed on the infant. The surrendering parent will be given a medical questionnaire and a bracelet that matches the one given to the baby. The brief questionnaire is voluntary and designed to collect medical information critical to the health and survival of the baby, not its identity. The confidential bracelets allow a surrendering parent to reclaim the baby within 14 days.
It is important that any parent who wants to surrender their baby know they can do so anonymously, but the infant must be received at the Safe Haven by an actual individual on duty. Leaving a baby unattended is considered child abandonment and the Safely Surrendered Baby law will not apply, leaving the parent unprotected from the law.
The Safe Surrender process protects newborns from abandonment, giving them a second chance at life. Newborns can be safely surrendered throughout the county.
Safe surrender sites display the blue and white logo above.
DIAL 1.877.BABY.SAF (1-877-222-9723)
Questions: babysafevc@ventura.org
The toll-free telephone hotline number provides information and the locations of safe surrender sites.
Find a Safe Haven Location
Safe Haven Locations – Fire Stations & Hospitals
Hospitals
Ventura County Medical Center
300 Hillmont Avenue
Ventura, CA 93003
Community Memorial Hospital
147 N. Brent St., Ventura, CA 93003
(805) 652-5018
Fire Stations
Ventura County Fire Station 50 – Camarillo Airport
189 S. Las Posas Road
Camarillo, CA 93010
(805) 371-1111 x.50
Ventura County Fire Station 52 – Mission Oaks
5353 Santa Rosa Road
Camarillo, CA 93010
(805) 371-1111 x.52
Ventura County Fire Station 54 – Camarillo
2160 Pickwick Drive
Camarillo, CA 93010
(805) 371-1111 x.54
Ventura County Fire Station 55 – Las Posas
403 Valley Vista Drive
Camarillo, CA 93010
(805) 371-1111 x.55
Ventura County Fire Station 27 – Fillmore
613 Old Telegraph Road
Fillmore, CA 93015
(805) 371-1111 x.27
Ventura County Fire Station 56 – Malibu
11855 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90265
(805) 371-1111 x.56
Ventura County Fire Station 40 – Mountain Meadows
4185 Cedar Springs Street
Moorpark, CA 93021
(805) 371-1111 x.40
Ventura County Fire Station 42 – Moorpark
295 E. High Street
Moorpark, CA 93021
(805) 371-1111 x.42
Ventura County Fire Station 32 – Potrero
830 Reino Road
Newbury Park, CA 91320
(805) 371-1111 x.32
Ventura County Fire Station 35 – Newbury Park
751 Mitchell Road
Newbury Park, CA 91320
(805) 371-1111 x.35
Ventura County Fire Station 36 – Oak Park
855 North Deerhill Road
Oak Park, CA 91377
(805) 371-1111 x.36
Ventura County Fire Station 21 – Ojai
1201 East Ojai Avenue
Ojai, CA 93023
(805) 371-1111 x.21
Ventura County Fire Station 22 – Meiners Oaks
466 South La Luna Avenue
Ojai, CA 93023
(805) 371-1111 x.22
Ventura County Fire Station 51 – El Rio
3302 Turnout Park Cr
Oxnard, CA 93030
(805) 371-1111 x.51
Oxnard Fire Station 1
491 S. K St., Oxnard, CA 93030
(805) 385-7740
Oxnard Fire Station 2
531 E. Pleasant Valley Rd., Oxnard, CA 93030
(805) 385-7740
Oxnard Fire Station 3
150 Hill St., Oxnard CA 93030
(805) 385-7740
Oxnard Fire Station 4
230 W. Vineyard Ave., Oxnard, CA 93030
(805) 385-7740
Oxnard Fire Station 5
1450 Colonia Rd., Oxnard, CA 93030
(805) 385-7740
Oxnard Fire Station 6
2601 Peninsula Rd., Oxnard, CA 93030
(805) 385-7740
Oxnard Fire Station 7
3300 Turnout Park Circle, Oxnard, CA 93036
(805) 385-7740
Ventura County Fire Station 53 – Port Huneme
304 N. Second Street
Port Hueneme, CA 93041
(805) 371-1111 x.53
Ventura County Fire Station 20 – Summit
12727 Santa Paula-Ojai Road
Santa Paula, CA 93060
(805) 371-1111 x.20
Ventura County Fire Station 26 – West Santa Paula
536 W. Main Street
Santa Paula, CA 93060
(805) 371-1111 x.26
Ventura County Fire Station 29 – Santa Paula
114 S. 10th Street
Santa Paula, CA 93060
(805) 371-1111 x.29
Ventura County Fire Station 41 – Simi Valley
1910 Church Street
Simi Valley, CA 93065
(805) 371-1111 x.41
Ventura County Fire Station 43 – Yosemite
5874 E. Los Angeles Ave.
Simi Valley, CA 93063
(805) 371-1111 x.43
Ventura County Fire Station 44 – Wood Ranch
1050 Country Club Drive
Simi Valley, CA 93065
(805) 371-1111 x.44
Ventura County Fire Station 45 – West Simi
790 Pacific Avenue
Simi Valley, CA 93065
(805) 371-1111 x.45
Ventura County Fire Station 46 – Tapo
3265 Tapo Street
Simi Valley, CA 93063
(805) 371-1111 x.46
Ventura County Fire Station 47 – Big Sky
2901 Erringer Road
Simi Valley, CA 93065
(805) 371-1111 x.47
Ventura County Fire Station 30 – Civic Center
325 West Hillcrest Drive
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
(805) 371-1111 x.30
Ventura County Fire Station 31 – Westlake
151 Duesenberg Drive
Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
(805) 371-1111 x.31
Ventura County Fire Station 33 – Lake Sherwood
33 Lake Sherwood Drive
Thousand Oaks, CA 91361
(805) 371-1111 x.33
Ventura County Fire Station 34 – Arboles
555 E. Avenida de Los Arboles, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
(805) 371-1111 x.34
Ventura County Fire Station 37 – North Ranch
2010 Upper Ranch Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
(805) 371-1111 x.37
Ventura County Fire Station 25 – Rincon
5674 West Pacific Coast Highway
Ventura, CA 93001
(805) 371-1111 x.25
Ventura Fire Station 1
717 N. Ventura Ave., Ventura, CA 93001
(805) 384-1500
Ventura Fire Station 2
41 S. Seaward Ave., Ventura, CA 93001
(805) 384-1500
Ventura Fire Station 3
5838 Telegraph Rd., Ventura, CA 93003
(805) 384-1500
Ventura Fire Station 5
4225 E. Main St., Ventura, CA 93003
(805) 384-1500
Ventura Fire Station 6
10797 Darling Rd., Ventura, CA 93004