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Gerard House 

Individuals aged 21 or younger who are experiencing pregnancy or parenting and their children are provided a safe and healthy start.

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Gerard House

Gerard House is a residential maternity group home for youth who are in foster care, are homeless, or at risk of homelessness, offers a secure and health-focused beginning for pregnant and parenting teens aged 10-21 and their babies. Gerard House provides residential care, pre-and post-natal support, parenting and healthy relationship education, life skills training, nutritional education, and other supportive programs to ensure a healthy pregnancy/delivery and parental attachments. We also offer on-site daycare for our youths' children while their parents work, attend school, or receive services.  

Gerard House empowers young women not only to be better mothers, but also to provide them with the confidence and skills for personal success.

For more information, contact us

GERARD HOUSE

MOM@wch.org

 

If you are interested in applying to Gerard House, please complete and submit the form by clicking the button below. 

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"I had no idea that it was going to be more than just a place to stay. [WCH has] been a second mother to my child."

- Former Gerard House Resident

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