Under Arizona’s Safe Haven Law, a parent can hand an unharmed newborn to a firefighter, an EMT, a hospital staff member, or a staff member or volunteer at a participating church or adoption agency — with no questions asked and no criminal liability. Most providers will go an entire career without receiving a Safe Haven baby. The ones who do usually get about ninety seconds’ notice.

This free training prepares your team for those ninety seconds.

This training is designed for:

There is no cost, no registration requirement, and no prerequisite.

By the end of this training, you will be able to:

1. State who qualifies as a Safe Haven provider under Arizona law — and confirm whether your organization is one.
2. Identify a qualifying Safe Haven surrender: an unharmed infant, 30 days old or younger, voluntarily delivered by a parent or the parent’s agent who does not intend to return.
3. Execute the correct first-hour protocol for your provider type, including who to call and when.
4. Explain the anonymity protection — and why asking the parent questions is not just discouraged, it’s prohibited.
5. Describe the civil and criminal immunity that protects both the surrendering parent and the receiving provider.
6. Meet the signage requirement, including the exact statutory wording and letter height.
7. Hand off the written referral information the law requires you to offer.
8. Use trauma-informed language in the moment so the parent leaves safely instead of fleeing.
9. Recognize the situations that fall outside Safe Haven and become mandatory child-abuse reports.
10. Train the rest of your shift, station, or congregation using AZSBH materials.

Use this deck to train your own staff, brief a shift, present at a department meeting, or run a continuing-education session. You are welcome to present it as-is; no permission needed.