The Mary Elizabeth House Inc.

  
    Supporting the positive development of young, single mothers and their children through life-skills training, education and workforce guidance, counseling and housing.
  

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Supporting the Healthy Development of Young Women and their Children

We provide life-skills training and support for young mothers who are in or have aged-out of the child welfare system. All of our young mothers have experienced family disruption and a host of other challenges that substantially impact their lives.

The Mary Elizabeth House offers the kind of nurturing environment young mothers need to become self- directed adults with skills in home management, employment, educational attainment and supportive parenting.

ProvidIng
Stability

Our structured residential program, educational supports, mental health counseling, and spiritual guidance help to stabilize young women and their children impacted by weak family and community connections, trauma, neglect and abuse.

How We work

Eliminating poverty two generations at a time

The Mary Elizabeth House embraces the “Two-Generation” approach by addressing the needs of both children and parents concurrently. Our organization supports young mothers, between the ages of 18 and 26, in a supportive five-year housing program.

The Mary Elizabeth House assumes the full cost of maintaining our independent living facility and of all the programming provided to participants during their stay.

Strengthening
Families

The Mary Elizabeth House programs provide parenting and life-skills training, individualized counseling and an early childhood development program. Together these vital programs support and strengthen individuals and families.

Our pillars of service

Featured

Reverse

the trends in teen births

Develop

young women to embrace their intrinsic power

Empower

and strengthen young women to be creative, loving and engaging individuals

Enable

young women intellectually, economically, socially/emotionally, and spiritually

Support

an infant-toddler care center where young women learn creative parenting, elements of good nutrition for children, and the roles that mothers play as a child's first teacher.

Changing
Lives

The life outcomes for youth, especially pregnant or parenting youth, emerging from the foster care system are bleak. Research shows they are less likely to graduate from high school, and more likely to be unemployed, and homeless. The Mary Elizabeth House is committed to reversing the trends caused by neglect and disinvestment and to empowering and strengthening young women to build self-sustaining families, and meaningful lives.

HElp us Strengthen families and change lives for generations to come.

When you donate to The Mary Elizabeth House, your gift has a transformative and lasting effect.