At Community Partners of Dallas (CPD) we help kids every day. Today, this request really hit me:
A CPS caseworker wrote up a request for CPD to provide a birth certificate for a child who was dropped off at the hospital by an unidentified male about 30 minutes after the child was born. The request listed him as “Baby Boy Unknown”. The unidentified male stated that the mother had 6 children at home and did not want this baby. The male refused to bring the baby into the hospital and made the hospital staff come and get the infant from a van parked outside. “Baby Boy Unknown” was wrapped in bloody sheets and still had his placenta and umbilical cord attached.
I am thrilled that this baby was turned over to professionals at the hospital. I am thrilled that the mother and the van driver knew how to give up the baby safely. I am thrilled CPD has donors and that we were able to help this child with the birth certificate, clothing, diapers, and more.
“Baby Boy Unknown” is now safe in a foster home and is no longer unknown. He is Sam.
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