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
Community Wellness Partners- Speak Life Initiative
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Free pregnancy assistance program focused on ethnic and racial minority women between the ages of 15 and 35 who are either have Medicaid insurance or are eligible.
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Serving St. Joseph, Elkhart, LaPorte and Marshall Counties.
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Helping with doctor visits
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Connects to prenatal care
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Home visits
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Help with food and housing needs
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Smoking cessation (Baby and Me Tobacco Free).
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Services are provided by an Registered Nurse and Community Health Workers who are also trained as Doulas to assist with labor and birth
Contact – Beverly Horton
(574) 440-9027
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)
Goodwill Nurse- Family Partnership
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Free program that provides first-time moms with home visits from a nurse, from pregnancy until age 2
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Nurses will 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 be less than 28 weeks pregnant to enroll
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Must meet income qualifications
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Serving Elkhart, St. Joseph, and LaPorte Counties
Call: 574-472-7378
Text: 844-637-6667
Email: nfp@goodwill-ni.org
Healthy Families, Family & Children’s Center Program
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Voluntary home visitation program
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Parents must be enrolled before the baby is 3 months old (once enrolled they can stay in the program until the child turns 5 years)
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For low income parents up to age 25
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Increases positive parenting skills, health pregnancies, use of social systems, provide referrals
315 W. Jefferson, South Bend, 46601
(574) 287-0541
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
Life Plan
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Parenting classes
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Life skills training
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Men's mentoring
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Material Support
527 E. Main St. Niles, MI
(269) 684-6200
Hours: Mon-Tues, Thurs, 9:00am – 8:00pm
Wed, 9:00am – 3:30pm
Fri, 9:00am – 1:00pm
Memorial Regional Childbirth Center
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Complete childbirth prep class-preparation for normal course of labor and birth, includes breastfeeding and baby care classes
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Register by fourth month
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$75 per couple
615 N. Michigan Street, South Bend, 46601
(574) 647-6801
Memorial Breastfeeding Support Clinic
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Free breastfeeding support
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No appointments needed
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Weight checks and one-on-one help
At Brain works in the Leighton Center
534 N. Michigan Street, South Bend, 46601
(574) 647-6801
Hours: Mon, Thurs, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
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
Perinatal Infant Health Project (P.I.H.P.)
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Social workers make regular home visits with the expectant mothers through pregnancy and for one year post-partum
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Offers pregnancy education and resources
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Pregnancy, childbirth, and nutrition information
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Breastfeeding and parenting classes and support groups
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Free prenatal classes
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B.A.B.E. coupons
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Help with Medicaid and Hoosier Healthwise
Beacon Community Health
574.647.7139
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 County Department of Health -Maternal and Infant Health & Well-being
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Education on decreasing the risk of complications for moms and babies
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Connection to community resources
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Stay Close. Sleep Apart. – safe sleep education
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Life Course Reproductive Health Education
Contact – Sally Dixon, RN
574-250-8680
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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Community Wellness Partners- Speak Life Initiative
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Families First Center
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Goodwill Nurse-Family Partnership
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Healthy Families, Family & Children’s Center Program
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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 Regional Childbirth Center
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Memorial Breastfeeding Support Clinic
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Mother Nature Lactation Care
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Perinatal Infant Health Project (P.I.H.P.)
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RETA
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Safe Families for Children
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St. Joseph County Department of Health -Maternal and Infant Health & Wellbeing
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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