OUR MATERNITY HOME PROGRAM
HOW OUR MATERNITY HOME PROGRAM WORKS
We believe that faith, family, and education are key to living a happy, healthy, hope-filled life. They are the foundational principles of our program for women.
Each resident is required to actively engage in self-directed learning and one-on-one training while she prepares for the delivery of her baby. The program is well-rounded, and focuses on love, hope and a future.
The Program Managers (PM) use surveys and instruments to determine a woman's readiness in each program area and customizes the curriculum for each woman based on her background, experience and education. The PM assists and guides the residents in setting reasonable goals and helping them progress toward achieving them.
The resident meets weekly with their PM for mentoring and prayer, receiving homework assignments, and discussing and turning in completed assignments. With prayer and effort, the expectant mother will have the critical life-skills and tools required to live independently and responsibly for herself and her family.
Redeeming Life Outreach Ministries continues to love and support the women through as they move through transitional housing and beyond.
FAITH & SPIRITUAL GROWTH
Our residents are encouraged to eat, pray, and study God’s Word together in the maternity home and they attend Bible Study and worship together at the host church. They learn to support and forgive one another, and to accept forgiveness. Redeeming life is more than a maternity home for crisis pregnancy. It is a place where Jesus comes to renew and restore broken hearts.
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY
Our residents live together in a family home environment and support one another through life's ups and downs. They celebrate birthdays, holidays, and successes together, and they walk alongside one another when things don't go as planned. Lasting friendships are formed as the women join the "sisterhood" of believers in Christ who are given the blessing of new life through pregnancy.
EDUCATION AND CAREER PLANNING
Each resident works toward finishing her education and/or obtaining the job skills necessary to support herself and her child. For some, this may be obtaining a high school diploma in order to obtain an entry-level job and begin working. For others, the opportunity to go to college and further their education on a career that fulfills them and ensures they can provide for themselves and their children.
PARENTING AND LIFE SKILLS
Residents receive personal coaching and mentoring to develop life skills that will serve them as their family grows. We also provide parenting classes and coaching to help them develop the tools needed to run a household and to discipline in a way that builds confident, loving, and respectful children who love Jesus and honor their parents.
EMPLOYMENT AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Our residents are given one-on-one help to learn about budgeting and saving to plan for their future. They are required to open a savings account and learn to manage and reduce their fixed expenses. Program managers are always available to assist with employment concerns and help the residents navigate benefits, maternity leave, and other job-related
HEALTH, WELLNESS & NUTRITION
Health and wellness is emphasized as the women progress through their pregnancy. We help them attend regular doctor visits for their health and their baby's health. We help them learn how to cook nutritious meals, and engage in activities to keep their bodies strong and healthy, and prepare them for what to expect in the delivery room at the time of birth.
SAVING LIVES
Before I came to Redeeming Life, I was living in my car. I was scared and pregnant and didn't know where to go or what to do. Redeeming Life gave me a home, stability, and new hope for a better future.
Six months after moving in 2018, my twins were born! As a single mother, I could not have done it without the love and support of everyone at Redeeming Life.
While living in Redeeming Life's transition home with my babies, I completed coursework and tests to become a Certified Dental Assistant. I am so blessed to have God lead me to Redeeming Life! My children and I are forever grateful.
HOW TO APPLY
Women living in anywhere in the United States are invited to apply to the maternity home program in Sanford, Florida or East Dundee, Illinois.. Visit the Get Help page to access the online application in either English or Spanish, or download an application in English or Spanish.
Refer pregnant women and help them find Redeeming Life!
If you are an agency or social worker and know of a pregnant women who needs a safe place to live, please refer her to us.
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.”
John 15:5
We want to see you succeed.
At Redeeming Life, you set your own goals for various areas of your life and the Program Manager walks alongside you to achieve YOUR goals for yourself and your baby. Healing and progress require a focus on the future and the life you want to build for yourself moving forward.
Women with a teachable spirit and the desire to learn, grow and become self sufficient are most likely to be successful in our program. People who are successful in our program are those willing to grow physically, emotionally and spiritually. They should also have a desire to strengthen their spiritual walk with God and engage in regular devotions and Worship.
OUR MATERNITY HOMES
Redeeming Life operates two maternity homes in Sanford, Florida in the suburbs northeast of Orlando and East Dundee, Illinois, in the suburbs northeast of Chicago. All applicants are invited to apply for residency in either location.
In each of our homes, we strive to give each woman love and support to achieve her personal goals while she envisions a safe, secure and hopeful future for herself and her children.
Explore our locations below and learn more about who we serve and how to apply.
