Residents Are

 

• Adolescent mothers and their babies.
• Women between the ages of 14-19 (exceptions can be made until age 21).
• Girls who are pregnant or parenting a child under one year of age.
• Able to enter Alpha House at any time during their pregnancy, or until their baby turns 12 months old.
• Able to remain in Alpha House until baby reaches 1 years old.

Alpha House Provides

 

• A safe structured and nurturing environment.
• 24-hour supervision for continual caring support.
• Information to assist in making healthy choices for the future.
• An opportunity for residents to further their education.
• Pre and post-natal support.
• Referral for community resources.
• Transition assistance when residents move out on their own.

Residential Programs

 

• Prenatal and postnatal care: Moms and baby can stay until her baby reaches 1 year of age.
• Parenting skills: Coping strategies and implementation.
• Life skills: Build self-confidence, personal development, career options, self-reliance and independence.
• Health and nutrition: food choices on a shoestring budget.
• Money management: Meeting expenses, making money stretch and balancing budgets.

How to enter the program

 

• Self-referral
• Porfessional referral (e.g. social worker, teacher, public health nure, counsellor, doctor/midwife, etc)
• Referral Process through community resources.
• Phoneor visit Alpha House to arrange for an interview and tour.
• Prority given to Northumberland County residents, but this is NOT a requirement.