Parenting Support
CAPS (Child and Parent Services)
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Offers parenting education
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Trained support workers make home visits
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Provides services for supervised visitation
1000 W. Hively Ave., Elkhart, 46517
(574) 295-2277
Families First Center
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Offers parent education
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Provides services for supervised visitation
605 Portage Ave., South Bend, 46616
(574) 287-4375
(574) 288-0691 (fax)
The Gabriel Project
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A trained mentor, one of the parish’s Gabriel Angels, is assigned responsibility for ongoing contact with the mother throughout her pregnancy.
(574) 286-2413
Healthy Families
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Home visitation program for parents up to age 25
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Increases positive parenting skills, health pregnancies, use of social systems, provide referrals
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Not able to accept referrals after the baby is three months old
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Help moms have a healthy pregnancy and healthy baby, and connect them to resources for jobs, school, housing, childcare, etc.
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Must meet income qualifications
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Serving Elkhart, St. Joseph, and LaPorte Counties
300 S. Saint Louis Blvd, Suite 100, South Bend, IN 46617
(574) 968-9660
Indiana Parenting Institute
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Offers parenting courses
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After-school services
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Various parenting services
215 W. Madison St., South Bend, 46601
(574) 404-6170
(574) 404-6171 (fax)
La Leche League of South Bend
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Holds free monthly meetings providing info on breastfeeding
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Mother-to-mother support
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Lending library, information sheets, and booklets on all aspects of breastfeeding
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Has breast pumps and books for sale
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Voluntary membership fee is $30
Click here for meeting times and locations
(574) 334-7624
LifePlan
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Over 100 free classes designed to help you grow as a person, in your relationships, and as a parent
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Confidential pregnancy tests, ultrasounds and STI testing
527 E. Main St. Niles, MI
(269) 684-6200
Hours: Mon, Thurs, 9 am – 7 pm
Tues & Wed, 9 am – 3 pm
Memorial Childbirth Classes
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Take an interactive online childbirth class at your convenience and learn everything you need to know about childbirth, including comfort techniques during labor, medical procedures, tips for partners and much more
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Three months of access to all class content for only $25
615 N. Michigan Street, South Bend, 46601
(574) 647-1658
Memorial Breastfeeding Services
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Free prenatal breastfeeding classes
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Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLC) at Elkhart General and Memorial Hospital are here to help women navigate through the world of breastfeeding
Leighton Center
534 N Michigan Street, South Bend, 46601
(574) 647-3475
Mother Nature Lactation Care
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Breastfeeding support and education
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Does home visits.
Call or Text: (574) 334 – 7294
Kristin@mothernurturelactationcare.com
Notre Dame Family Resource Center (FRC)
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Provides support services to married, parenting, and/or pregnant students to ensure all families thrive at Notre Dame
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Pregnancy Support
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Free pregnancy tests and physician referrals
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University Counseling Center
Peggy Hnatusko
Program Director
Notre Dame Family Resource Center
(574) 631-3000 or ndfrc@nd.edu
RETA
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Mom's, dad's and couple's 1 on 1 coaching
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Mother's club with childcare provided
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Material support
300 W. High St., Elkhart, 46516
(574) 522-4357
Safe Families for Children
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Temporarily host children and provide a network of support to families in crisis
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Provides free childcare
(219) 465-7777
St. Joseph Regional Medical Center
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Childbirth classes ($45 per series, must register)
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Prenatal breastfeeding class (free, open to all pregnant moms)
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Ask for Gail when calling
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5214 Holy Cross Pkwy, 4th floor, Mishawaka, 46545
(574) 335-2323
(574) 335-5000
Prenatal breastfeeding class times: Last Tues, 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Childbirth class meeting times: Tues-Wed, 6:00pm – 8:30pm
Sat, 9:00am – 2:30pm
WIC (Women, Infants & Children)
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Food vouchers for expectant, postpartum, and breastfeeding moms as well as children up to age 5
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Offers breastfeeding and parenting classes
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Weight-check Wednesdays
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BABE stores offers breastfeeding and other supplies
325 N. Lafayette, South Bend, 46601
(574) 234-2360
201 Lincolnway W., Mishawaka, 46544
(574) 647-2145
(574) 647-2175
Hours: Mon-Tues, Thurs-Fri, 8:00am – 5:00pm
Wed, 10:00am – 7:00pm (weight-check 10:00am – 4:00pm)
Women’s Care Center
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Parenting classes
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Classes available in English and Spanish
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Material support
360 N. Notre Dame Ave., South Bend, 46617
(574) 234-0363
Young Mom's Self-Sufficiency Program
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Helps mothers (and fathers) ages 16-24 to identify goals
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Provides support for personal and family growth
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Call to enroll
(574) 235-9231
Page Index
All Parenting Support resources are listed here in alphabetical order.
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CAPS (Child and Parent Services)
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Families First Center
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The Gabriel Project
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Healthy Families
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Indiana Parenting Institute
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La Leche League of South Bend
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Life Plan
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Memorial Childbirth Classes
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Memorial Breastfeeding Support Clinic
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Mother Nature Lactation Care
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Notre Dame FRC
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RETA
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Safe Families for Children
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St. Joseph Regional Medical Center
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WIC (Women, Infants & Children)
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Women’s Care Center
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Young Mom's Self-Sufficiency Program