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If you’re a single pregnant parent who wants to choose life, but don’t feel like it’s economically/socially viable at your current point—look into Maggie’s Place.

Maggie’s Place provides a home first during and then up to two years after your pregnancy as well as ensuring that you become economically and socially independent through their programs

• A nurturing and stable home environment and nutritious food
• Maternity and infant supplies
• Weekly therapeutic counseling
• Bus passes
• Informal mentoring from other new mothers
• Case management through an one-on-one interaction between the mom and staff in what we term the “contact person” relationship
• A savings program in which women must save 70% of any income they receive while living at Maggie’s Place.
• Weekly life skills courses on topics such as childbirth, healthy nutrition, budgeting, communication, and child rearing.
• Referrals to community agencies including parenting classes, adoption counseling, job training, and low-cost housing.
• Access to education programs including high school equivalency, community colleges, and vocational training through referrals and a scholarship program.
• Knowledge of state programs including health insurance, day care subsidies, food stamps, child support and cash assistance.
• Informal modeling of healthy family life including conflict resolution, facilitating decisions for the common good, upholding expectations and consequences as needed, and celebrating goals achieved.
• Opportunities for prayer and spiritual development (i.e. participation in community prayer, invitations to join the staff). Please note: while the house is rooted in the Catholic traditions, the moms come from a wide variety of religious background and participation in spiritual opportunities is by invitation, not expectation.

These are there current locations

The Elizabeth House (Tempe, AZ) – 480-491-0446
The Magdalene House (Central Phoenix, AZ) – 602-257-4648
The Michael House (Glendale, AZ) – 623-842-1000
The Zechariah House (Parma, OH) – 440-886-2620

And their website http://www.maggiesplace.org/

Please share to get the word out and provide support for pregnant people!

A friend og mine once worked at Maggie’s Place, and she had nothing but amazing stories to tell. Women’s lives are really changed through this organization.

have you seen this?? This is awesome!

I think I’ve seen this before, but yes, this is awesome.

And there are other similar places throughout the country.

Your local pregnancy center can tell you about resources in your area, from adoption agencies to maternity homes to affordable prenatal care and more.

For instance, I know a maternity home in Southern California that specifically helps teen moms. They provide a safe place to live, prenatal care, job training, and adoption help (if the girls choose adoption). They also run a private high school in-house so the girls can graduate while caring for their child. The girls can stay there up to two years after their baby is born.

So wherever you live, there are resources nearby that want to help! OptionLine.org lists local resources, and your local pregnancy center can give you a more comprehensive list.