BOCC approves baby box agreement
Bonner County commissioner Steven Bradshaw and former Board Chair Luke Omodt cut the ribbon on the new Bonner County EMS building on Sept. 6. Commissioners approved an agreement Tuesday that will allow a baby box to be installed at the facility in the coming months.
Photo by ERIC WELCH
SANDPOINT — Bonner County commissioners voted Tuesday to approve a lease service agreement for a baby box.
The device is designed to allow a parent to safely and anonymously abandon their infant child and will be installed at the new EMS station, 521 S. Division Ave., in Sandpoint. Funding for the box and its maintenance has been provided by donors of local nonprofit Life Choices Pregnancy Center, executive director Janine Shepard said at the meeting.
A state law allowing the use of baby boxes went into effect July 1. Once installed, the device will be among the first in Idaho.
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