New Life Family Services

First care pregnancy center services:our first care centers' primary purpose is to come alongside those facing an unplanned pregnancy. We provide early pregnancy support through pregnancy testing, ultrasounds, and decision-making counseling with registered nurses and licensed social workers. Our ongoing support includes case management, sti testing and treatment, prenatal education classes, and breastfeeding support. In addition, our every Family parenting program provides long-term education and resources including car seats, diapers, and needed baby items until their youngest child is age 5. Each year, first care serves over 6,000 women, men, and children in the twin cities and rochester. We have five locationsst. Paul, (2) minneapolis, richfield, and rochester. During the last fiscal year, we provided 1,305 pregnancy tests, 635 ultrasounds, 465 sti testing appointments, 702 case management appointments, and 1,707 visits to our every Family parenting program. All of these Services were provided at no cost to our clients. Many of our clients also received support through community referrals for housing, food, emergency assistance, and other related Services.

Support groups and mentoring: conquerors is a program that offers both one-on-one mentoring as well as support groups that offer hope and healing for those hurting from a past abortion. The groups are offered several times per year at multiple locations, including virtually.

Adoption: New Life adoptions offers full and limited domestic adoption Services for both birth families and adoptive families. Our Services include a lifetime of post-adoption Services for birth parents, adoptive families, and adoptees. In this past fiscal year, we provided six home studies, a process that involved an in-depth assessment of potential adoptive parents, along with 351 decision-making appointments. Throughout the year, we were involved in six adoption placements. Our post-adoption department answered 48 general inquiry phone calls and offered ongoing support and resources to 101 ongoing adoption clients.