Resources for Teen Parents

  • Baxter Community Center

    The Baxter Community Center is filled with an endless amount of resources. The Child Development center is a place where children ( newborn -12 yrs) can stay while their parents are working ( both full time and before and after school). The center is available for low-income families and is open Monday through Friday from 6 am to 6 pm.

    CONTACT

    • (616) 456-8593
    • 935 Baxter St. SE
      Grand Rapids, MI 49506
    • Website
  • Baxter Community Center: Market Place

    The marketplace serves people in many areas assisting them with everyday essentials such as food and clothing. People have the opportunity to take classes pertaining to gardening, cooking, finances, taxes, computers, and fitness.

    CONTACT

    • (616) 456-8593
    • 935 Baxter St. SE
      Grand Rapids, MI 49506
    • Website
  • Baxter Community Center Wholistic Health CLINIC

    This clinic is for low-income families who do not have insurance/ Medicare/ Medicaid. Services provided by this clinic include counseling, dental, and medical.

    CONTACT

    • (616) 456-5310
    • 935 Baxter St. SE
      Grand Rapids, MI 49506
    • Website
  • Believe 2 Become

    Believe 2 Become is an organization that values in bringing the community together in order to help children succeed. This organization works towards equal education and investing in youth of all ages. Believe 2 Become has various different programs to benefit your child(ren).

    Summer Learning Academy: Offered for a fun time learning during the summer pre k – college prep. 

    Baby Scholars: 10-week classes for children ages 5 months to 5 years and their parents. It is designed to help parents teach their children and help them reach their full potential.  

    Parent Leaders: Classes are offered from Parent University to help their children become the best they can be.

    Gatherings of Hope: Church leaders coming together to help support the community.

    CONTACT

  • Cherry Health

    Cherry Health provide a variety of services including medical, dental, counseling, and vision. They accept emergency walk-ins and assist in attaining insurance.

    CONTACT

    • (616) 965-8200
    • 100 Cherry Street SE
      Grand Rapids, MI 49503
    • Website
  • Community Family Partnership

    Community Family Partnership works with parents, caregivers, and youth to provide support services for youth interested in improving mental health, special education, parent resources, cultural responsiveness, juvenile justice, and child welfare.

    CONTACT

    • (616) 301-0598
    • 1260 Ekhart St. NE
      Grand Rapids, MI 49503
    • Website
  • D.A. Blodgett St. John’s

    Filled with a variety of services and programs, D.A. Blodgett serves: Foster Care youth, counseling for unplanned pregnancy, parenting education for young parents mentoring for pregnant and parenting teens, treatment for youth with delinquent behaviors, counseling for young offenders, in school services for families and children, mentoring services for youth with incarcerated parents, mentoring for school children, homes for youth that have been abused ages 13-17, and therapy for youth that have faced abuse ages 6-12. Emergency shelter(s) available for the abused and neglected.

    CONTACT

    • (616) 451-2021
    • 805 Leonard St. NE
      Grand Rapids, MI 49503
    • Website
  • Family Futures – RAVE

    RAVE (RESOURCES AGAINST VIOLENT ENCOUNTERS)

    According to the Grand Rapids 2008 Youth Survey, the issues affecting teens were: pressure to have sex, concerns about sexual harassment, teen pregnancy, school violence, and sexually transmitted infections. Teens may not always recognize the risks that come with relationships. RAVE uses the Safe Dates model. Highly engaging and interactive, Safe Dates helps teens recognize the difference between caring, supportive relationships and controlling, manipulative, or abusive dating relationships. The end result? Teens gain the skills needed for healthier relationships. RAVE is free to schools, offering after-school and summer programs serving middle and high-school students in Kent County.

    CONTACT

    • (616) 454-4673
    • 678 Front Ave NW
      Suite 210
      Grand Rapids, MI 49504
    • Website
  • Head Start

    Head Start is an early childhood program with services that include but are not limited to home visiting, preschool, and transportation.

    CONTACT

    • (616) 453-4145
    • 2626 Walker NW
      Walker, MI 49544
    • Website
  • Network180

    The community mental health authority for Kent county including but not limited to services in case management, assessments, crisis intervention, residential services, and housing assistance.

    CONTACT

    • (616) 336-3765
    • 790 Fuller Avenue NE
      Grand Rapids, MI 49503
    • Website
  • Planned Parenthood

    Planned Parenthood is a trusted health care provider, an informed educator, a passionate advocate, and a global partner helping similar organizations around the world. Planned Parenthood delivers vital reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of women, men, and young people worldwide.

    CONTACT

    • (616) 459-3101
    • 425 Cherry St SE
      Grand Rapids, MI 49503
    • Website
  • Pregnancy Resource Center

    The Pregnancy Resource Center of Grand Rapids assists in pregnancy testing, choices, abortion information, and STI testing and treatment.

    CONTACT

    • (616) 456-6873
    • 415 Cherry St. SE
      Grand Rapids, MI 49503
    • Website

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