Making choosing life a viable option

anti-abortion:

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/

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