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Home Families and Individuals Pregnancy Support
For over 90 years, Catholic Community Services' Pregnancy Support and Adoption Services have worked with women, men, and families experiencing unplanned pregnancies. We understand how important it is for all individuals involved in the pregnancy and adoption process to have accurate information and for birth parents to have the opportunity to explore their feelings, as they consider what is best for them and their baby.
Catholic Community Services offers a full range of professional services to anyone who is pregnant. One does not need to be Catholic to receive services. Our counselors will meet in our offices, in the person's home, or at another location. Pregnant women, fathers and family members receive:
- Compassionate, free, and confidential counseling and support services, individualized to their needs;
- Respect and understanding;
- Assistance in making the best plan for themselves and their baby;
- Lots of options: the birth parents make all the decisions, including adoption options ranging from very open to more confidential; and
- Continued support in implementing their plan, whether they choose adoption or parenting. (Many agencies and professionals don't continue services if parenting is chosen.)
We look forward to talking with you and assisting in any specific needs you may have. Please feel free to contact our program staff (listed on the right).
Seeking Services
Pregnancy Support Services provides caring, professional support through counseling and planning services to help women deal with the crisis of an unplanned pregnancy.
Our services are:
- Free
- Confidential
- Non-judgmental
- Available to the father of the baby, family members, and others affected by the pregnancy
We offer:
- Help with decision making
- Adoption planning
- Ongoing support for parenting
- Resources for housing
- Referrals for: Financial assistance, medical care, parenting classes, child care, educational programs, job training, free pregnancy tests, maternity clothes (as available), baby clothes and items (as available)
Services for those who choose adoption:
- Open adoption planning
- Choose a family from our list of carefully screened and approved adoptive families
- Meet the family you have chosen
- Maintain ongoing contact with your child
- Receive letters and pictures
- Post-adoption counseling
Services for those who choose to parent:
- Ongoing support and counseling
- Referrals for yourself and your child
- Child care and child development information
- Baby clothes (as available)
- Baby items (as available)
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