Do You Need A New Beginning?
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New Beginnings offers a program to help you through your pregnancy and through the first year after your baby’s birth. We also offer programs to guide you towards a better life as a family. In addition, New Beginnings offers you a chance at independence by living in your own apartment in a loving and structured atmosphere. We also help you to decide what is the best future for you and your baby.
The staff at New Beginnings considers residency for any single mother who satisfies the following eligibility requirements:
New Beginnings offers a program to help you through your pregnancy and through the first year after your baby’s birth. We also offer programs to guide you towards a better life as a family. In addition, New Beginnings offers you a chance at independence by living in your own apartment in a loving and structured atmosphere. We also help you to decide what is the best future for you and your baby.
The staff at New Beginnings considers residency for any single mother who satisfies the following eligibility requirements:
- Is 18 years of age or older;
- Is pregnant or has a young child under the age of 12 months;
- Has not planned her pregnancy with the intent of becoming a single parent. She understands God's command that sexual relations were meant only for marriage and agrees to be sexually abstinent during her stay at New Beginnings. She must also fill out all required forms before moving to New Beginnings.
Pregnant? Need a place to stay as you sort out your best options for you and your baby? We hope these questions and answers help you to discover if New Beginnings is the place you want to go for help:
1. What can I do now that I know I’m pregnant?
You can talk with a counselor in the hope that you would make a right decision regarding your child’s future.
2. What can I do, and where can I go to get help during this time as I wait for the birth of my baby?
Go to your family, but if your family is not supportive of your present situation, please call us at New Beginnings. We are here to listen.
3. What is New Beginnings?
New Beginnings is a long-term, Christian-based program offering structure and spiritual guidance for a young mother and her new baby. New Beginnings is located in the metropolitan Milwaukee area of Wisconsin. Each mother shares a fully furnished, two-bedroom apartment with another mother. All apartments are furnished with the necessities needed for a comfortable stay.
4. What will New Beginnings expect of me?
Each resident agrees to cooperate with the staff and other residents in an effort to provide the best enrichment for all mothers and babies. While at New Beginnings, each mother is required to attend school to obtain her GED, or otherwise continue her education. For more information about the expectations and qualification process, please visit our Are You Pregnant page.
5. What will it cost to stay at New Beginnings?
30% of a resident's income is set aside in her savings to be taken with her when she departs, and the other 60% is used to support herself and her baby while at New Beginnings.
6. How long can I stay at New Beginnings?
Length of stay is determined on an individual basis. The average length of stay is one or more years after the birth of the resident's child, but residents are allowed to stay up to five years if necessary to establish a stable future for herself and her child.
7. How will I be helped at New Beginnings?
The program of New Beginnings is designed to help you make God-pleasing decisions about your life and the life of your child. If those decisions include placing your child for adoption, we will help you understand the decision and make it happen. If your decision is to raise your child then we will provide you opportunities to expand your education and vocational skills while also helping you learn responsible parenting skills.
8. Can I work when I am a resident at New Beginnings?
The majority of our residents do not work for the first year or two while living at New Beginnings, as the program requires each mother to continue her education. If a resident chooses to work while in the program, the work schedule must not interfere with the conducted programming at New Beginnings or impede upon her school schedule.
9. If I parent my baby, what will I do for child care if I go to school or work?
You will need to find a daycare provider that works with your schedule within the vicinity of your job or school.
10. What happens to me when I am "done" at New Beginnings?
Every effort will be made to ease you back into your family home, if possible, or to help you find an alternate location to begin a new life, make new friends, and provide for your family's needs. With God's help, you will be equipped to handle any and all situations or know where to go for help.
We know that being responsible for two lives, both yours and your baby’s, can be frightening. We are here to let you know that you are NOT alone. Please resist the pressure you may be feeling to make a quick decision. Contact us at New Beginnings if you feel you are now ready to make that call.
For a complete list of policies and guidelines, please click here.
New Beginnings – A Home for Mothers does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, ancestry, age, sex, marital status, disability or other legally protected status in admission to, access to, or operations of its programs, services or activities.
You can talk with a counselor in the hope that you would make a right decision regarding your child’s future.
2. What can I do, and where can I go to get help during this time as I wait for the birth of my baby?
Go to your family, but if your family is not supportive of your present situation, please call us at New Beginnings. We are here to listen.
3. What is New Beginnings?
New Beginnings is a long-term, Christian-based program offering structure and spiritual guidance for a young mother and her new baby. New Beginnings is located in the metropolitan Milwaukee area of Wisconsin. Each mother shares a fully furnished, two-bedroom apartment with another mother. All apartments are furnished with the necessities needed for a comfortable stay.
4. What will New Beginnings expect of me?
Each resident agrees to cooperate with the staff and other residents in an effort to provide the best enrichment for all mothers and babies. While at New Beginnings, each mother is required to attend school to obtain her GED, or otherwise continue her education. For more information about the expectations and qualification process, please visit our Are You Pregnant page.
5. What will it cost to stay at New Beginnings?
30% of a resident's income is set aside in her savings to be taken with her when she departs, and the other 60% is used to support herself and her baby while at New Beginnings.
6. How long can I stay at New Beginnings?
Length of stay is determined on an individual basis. The average length of stay is one or more years after the birth of the resident's child, but residents are allowed to stay up to five years if necessary to establish a stable future for herself and her child.
7. How will I be helped at New Beginnings?
The program of New Beginnings is designed to help you make God-pleasing decisions about your life and the life of your child. If those decisions include placing your child for adoption, we will help you understand the decision and make it happen. If your decision is to raise your child then we will provide you opportunities to expand your education and vocational skills while also helping you learn responsible parenting skills.
8. Can I work when I am a resident at New Beginnings?
The majority of our residents do not work for the first year or two while living at New Beginnings, as the program requires each mother to continue her education. If a resident chooses to work while in the program, the work schedule must not interfere with the conducted programming at New Beginnings or impede upon her school schedule.
9. If I parent my baby, what will I do for child care if I go to school or work?
You will need to find a daycare provider that works with your schedule within the vicinity of your job or school.
10. What happens to me when I am "done" at New Beginnings?
Every effort will be made to ease you back into your family home, if possible, or to help you find an alternate location to begin a new life, make new friends, and provide for your family's needs. With God's help, you will be equipped to handle any and all situations or know where to go for help.
We know that being responsible for two lives, both yours and your baby’s, can be frightening. We are here to let you know that you are NOT alone. Please resist the pressure you may be feeling to make a quick decision. Contact us at New Beginnings if you feel you are now ready to make that call.
For a complete list of policies and guidelines, please click here.
New Beginnings – A Home for Mothers does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, ancestry, age, sex, marital status, disability or other legally protected status in admission to, access to, or operations of its programs, services or activities.