PREGNANCY & FAMILY CARE CENTER
PURPOSE
The Pregnancy & Family Care Center supports women and families who are experiencing challenging circumstances related to pregnancy and parenting. The program offers physical, emotional and spiritual support providing for immediate needs while equipping clients and knowledge and skills necessary to be a successful parent.
The Center's Earn While You Learn program provides for the physical need of clients including maternity clothes and baby care items such as clothing, diapers, bottles, formula, baby furniture and car seats. Parents earn points to exchange for these necessities by completing parenting and Bible study lessons which equip them with life skills that will enable them to be confident and capable parents. The Center also offers childbirth and parenting education. The parenting classes are accepted by the Department of Children and Families and are approved for court-ordered education.
PROGRAM DETAILS
The Pregnancy & Family Care Center provides pregnancy testing and counsels women based on the outcome. Those who find themselves in an unplanned pregnancy and are considering abortion are referred to local pro-life physicians who provide ultrasounds, usually within 48 hours to help mothers see the miracle of the life entrusted to their care and to consider the consequences of their decision. Those who choose life are supported as they live out their decision, including adoption planning or childbirth and parenting education. Those who do not are offered support through post-abortive counseling. While we are not an adoption agency, we refer birth moms who want to make the loving choice of adoption for their babies to Christian adoption agencies and then walk alongside them through the adoption process.
Facilities
The Pregnancy and Family Care Center facility provides a comfortable, homey atmosphere for its clients. Small rooms for counseling and watching educational videos offer privacy. Clothing, diapers and other baby needs are stored in a large room for families to browse. There is office space, a kitchen and a space for processing pregnancy tests and storing literature as well as a play space for small children and plenty of seating space for conversation and relaxation.
The Pregnancy & Family Care Center is located at 1309 High Street, Building 104, Leesburg, FL 34748. We are open Monday - Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, although you can reach our after hours help line at 352-787-8839.
History
The Pregnancy & Family Care Center was founded in 1987 to aide women in crisis pregnancies by offering alternatives to abortion including medical referrals with ultrasound, adoption counseling and placement for housing during pregnancy. Through the years additional programs have been added to provide support to families with children. On average each month, the center serves 100 clients and provides 30 pregnancy tests. During any given year, 19-30 abortion-minded women choose life for their babies as a direct result of these efforts.
Partnering Options
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Mentor young men or women
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Offer help as a mentor or counselor
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Volunteer as a Receptionist
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Input Data
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Help organize the baby food and clothing room
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Partner financially to facilitate an adoption, educate pregnant moms about their choice, supply Earn While You Learn items or provide emergency care for families
Staff
The Pregnancy and Family Care staff consist of two positions:
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Director: oversees all operations of the Pregnancy and Family Care Center, its programs, facilities, staff and residents
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Assistant Director: coordinates and schedules volunteer efforts and assists in day-to-day operations.
The staff is supported by a dedicated team of volunteers from a variety of churches who serve four-hour shifts as client counselors, educators, receptionists and many other positions.
Hailey Burger
Director | Pregnancy & Family Care Center
Hailey first came to the Women’s Care Center, another one of our Christian Care Center ministries, when she was struggling with addiction over ten years ago. Through God’s grace and the godly counsel of leaders at the Women’s Center, Hailey came to know the Lord and experienced healing from her past including abortion healing. She has a heart to serve the mamas who come through the doors of the Pregnancy Center and is able to counsel them from a place of experience and love. Her experience includes ten years of ministry and non-profit work. She and her husband, Justin, are thrilled that God led her back to the campus of the Christian Care Center to serve Him.
