Services

• Resource Mothers help teens who are pregnant for the first time and who have few resources. Their goals are to help her:

  
  
  

  • get early and adequate prenatal care;
  
  • avoid drugs, alcohol, and tobacco and promote healthy behaviors and eating;
  
  • finish school, obtain a GED, and find or continue employment;
  
  • involve her family and the father in creating a stable, nurturing home for her child;
  
  • get immunizations for her baby and learn about child development and keeping her child safe, e.g., safety seats;
  
  • assist her in obtaining Medicaid, WIC and other community services;
  
  • develop plans for the baby's care while she is at work or school; and
  
  • delay future pregnancies until she is better able to care for her child and herself.
  
  

• Resource Fathers are available in some communities to work directly with the infant's father to support him in parenting, getting an education and finding a job so he can help provide a nurturing home for the child.
  
  
• Find the Resource Mothers Program near you.
  
  
• For comprehensive information on the program (background, goals, program activities, father involvement, parenting information, cost benefits, supervision and quality assurance, outcomes and statistics - number of teens enrolled, the low birth weight rates of participants, the percentage in school or employed, and repeat pregnancy rates 1991-2005, click here. (Requires Acrobat Reader.)