SAN ANTONIO-Now, a search for a child found abandoned Tuesday night near the Salado Creek Greenway. The child is in the care of Child Protective Services, but the mother, Julie Alexander, is charged with Child Abandonment. But the discovery raises questions about why it happened.

We have reviewed a program for your funds. of taxes that should provide safe options for babies and mothers in these cases. City Hall approved it last year, but not much has happened since then.

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No fire stations in San Antonio are equipped with baby boxes, although the city council last year approved nearly half a million dollars for baby boxes. no word yet on when they will be put on.

Pamela Allen, president and CEO of Eagle’s Flight, says, “So far no container, no safe container, baby box, whatever you want to call them, has been taken out.”

Allen has been leading the charge to install baby boxes at San Antonio fire stations for years. Eagles’ Flight is a nonprofit organization committed to helping lower-income families with medical and human services.

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After learning a child was abandoned Tuesday night, she wants to know why city officials aren’t doing more to educate community members and install baby boxes at any of the 54 fire stations they operate the city of San Antonio.

“We’ve been brainstorming with some of our city leaders about the Baby Moses bus stop law, making a QR code that has more information,” says Allen.

Julie Alexander, 37, was charged with Child Abandonment. Police say he was homeless and the child is lucky to have been found alive by a passerby. The child was found less than 2 miles away from Fire Station 24.

“I think the relief for me was knowing that the baby was still alive and the umbilical cord was attached and thinking, here’s one that doesn’t have to be charged with murder, here’s one that could be charged with abandonment, thank God , that child. it’s alive,” says Allen.

The San Antonio City Council allocated $438,000 for the children’s boxes last year. None have been installed. The San Antonio Fire Department says the boxes are still being investigated and accounted for. Allen says many people have contacted her about adopting or fostering an abandoned child.

“There are so many feelings about this case that it’s frustrating that our city has let this sit and not focused on giving these kids a safe place to be taught,” Allen says.

The gender of the baby is not being announced by state officials because it is an open investigation.