Young Women's Freedom Center is building a movement of formerly incarcerated and system involved young women to transform the systems that keep us living in poverty, stuck in cycles of violence, and incarcerated. For young mothers, check out their Young Mother's United program!
The Homeless Prenatal Program's Wellness Center has a number of great things for you as a pregnant or parenting youth. It:
1. Teaches prenatal classes and offers on-site group prenatal care (“Centering Pregnancy”) in English and Spanish.
2. Conducts post-partum services, including home visits to promote parent-child bonding, assessing basic household needs (e.g., food, clothing, furniture, baby supplies, etc.), evaluating babies’ development, ensuring follow through on medical appointments and supporting new parents through the stress of raising babies.
3. Offers health services including yoga, massage, acupuncture and doula (birth coach) support.
4. Provides activities to bring new mothers together, form lasting friendships, and build a community.
The HYPE Center is a space designed by and for youth to come together to easily access services and resources from multiple providers under one roof on one platform, engage in leadership development to become effective advocates for themselves and others, and most importantly, to just be youth! They also have baby supplies including diapers, bottles, wipes, and more.
We are still building out our resource list, with the support of youth like you! Have ideas of resources that should be here? Have feedback on the services we've listed? Please let us know.