Copperopolis Fire Protection District has officially become the 5th Safe Surrender site in Calaveras County allowing for the anonymous surrender of an infant up to 72 hours old.
From the programs inception in January 2001 to March of 2014, 621children in the state of California have been surrendered. Sites such as the safe surrender sites allow the parent the anonymity they wish and the infant access to immediate healthcare and emergency placement in qualified foster care homes.
Currently, CFPD has a contract with Mark Twain hospital for medical care of the surrendered infant.
It is not necessary for the parent surrendering the child to be a resident. However, each parent with be sent home with health documents that they can voluntarily fill out and return, again anonymously, so that a health history of the child can be recorded. The parent, legally, has a small window of time where they can change their mind and reclaim their child.
24 Hour Safe Surrender Sites in
Calaveras County
Mark Twain Medical Center -
Emergency Room
768 Mountain Ranch Rd., San
Andreas, CA 95249
(209)
754-3521
Calaveras Consolidated Fire
Protection District
129 E. Highway 12, Valley
Springs, CA 95252
(209)772-1268
Central Calaveras Fire &
Rescue Protection District
19927 Jesus Maria Road,
Mokelumne Hill, CA
(209)
754-4330
Copperopolis Fire Protection
District Station 1
370 Main St, Copperopolis, CA
95228
(209) 785-2393
Copperopolis Fire Protection District
Station 2
1927 Quiver St, Copperopolis, CA
95228
(209) 785-0800
Ebbetts Pass Fire Protection
District Station 1
1037 Blagen Road, Arnold, CA
95223
(209)
795-1646
