There are 159 counties in Georgia, more than any other state, and many of these counties are rural, making essential training for their first responders hard to maintain. Each training costs $800 and equips up to 50 personnel. Trainings include: -Educating fire station, police station, and hospital employees and volunteers -Understanding issues concerning at risk infants and mothers -State statutes and policies regarding infant abandonment -Best practices concerning the issues of abandonment -Overcoming the biggest provider challenges ​

Hospitals throughout Georgia are home to boarder babies. At times, there can be up to 50 Boarder babies in one hospital. The legal description for a boarder babies is an infant medically cleared to be discharged from the hospital, but they have nowhere to go. There are four reasons why a parent cannot take a child home: 1. If the baby has alcohol in its system. 2. If the baby has drugs in its system. 3. If the parents are homeless. 4. If the parents have lost previous children to DFCS.