HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Safe Haven Baby Boxes said Wednesday it is cutting ties with the Huntsville-based foster care group Kids to Love.
Less than a week ago, the City of Madison and several organizations held a joint news conference announcing that a baby had been placed inside the newly installed Safe Haven Baby Box. Safe Haven is the organization responsible for constructing the baby box at Fire Station 1 in Madison, and Kids to Love worked to raise money for the installation.
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Safe Haven’s Founder Monica Kelsey says Kids to Love has been a private adoption provider since 2022. Kelsey said Safe Haven does not accept donations from adoption agencies because of possible conflicts of interest. She said her group recently has been accused of “trafficking infants” because they received donations from Kids to Love. Kelsey told News 19 that Safe Haven is not accusing Kids to Love of any kind of trafficking.
At last week’s press conference, Kids to Love founder Lee Marshall said she hoped other cities would partner with her organization to bring additional baby boxes to the state.