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The activities and services
being offered to the community cover four essential areas: Crisis
Pregnancy Counseling, Pre- and Post-Pregnancy and Adoption
Counseling, Abortion Counseling, Abstinence Promotion
and Sexual Education Awareness. |
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Crisis
Pregnancy Counseling begins with free pregnancy tests
for women of all ages. Regardless of the test results,
each woman will be required to meet with a counselor.
Assuming the tests are negative, age and life condition
of the client, a review of the various Abstinence and
Sexual Education programs will be presented. If the
tests are positive, a review of the pro-life alternatives
available to the mother will be presented and encouraged.
The center will not limit or discriminate who may receive
a test, nor will follow-up counseling be required.
Studies show that when presented with caring options,
a majority of women will seek these options. It is
estimated that approximately 25% of the activity of
the organization will center around this function. |
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Pre- and Post-Pregnancy and Adoption
Counseling is provided for those women who either have
a positive pregnancy test result, or are referred into
the program through a partner. The objective here is to
promote the life of the unborn child by encouraging the
final delivery of the child. Options re¬garding adoption
as well as retention will be provided. Counseling may be
one-on-one or structured as a group class, run by a trained
therapist or students supervised by a trained therapist.
Classes will be offered for free or on a sliding scale
per income basis. In addition to this class, a post-adoption
clinic is planned to help those who are dealing with the
surrender of a child. According to statistics, the num¬ber
of caring families waiting for a child to adopt is either
equal to or greater than the number of abortions performed.
It is estimated that approximately 20% of the activity
of the organization will be devoted to counseling of this
type. |
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Abortion Counseling is provided to
those adversely affected by abortion. This program is focused
on the healing process for women and families dealing with
the grief of abortion. By promoting healing, these women
can move beyond the loss and may someday impact other women.
It is estimated that 20% of the activities of the organization
will be focused on this effort. |
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Abstinence. Sexuality and Self-Esteem
Seminars are provided on an as needed basis to women who
have been affected by a possible pregnancy. This will be
done by trained volunteers. In addition, this service will
be promoted to local youth and community organizations,
schools and churches. This will be done to promote abstinence
and self esteem to our local youth population. Approximately
20% of the activity of the organization will focus on this
outreach effort. |
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Parenting classes, Partner
Development and Referral Programs will make up the remaining
15% of the activity of the organization. |
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