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Pregnancy & family help in Delaware

54 organizations in Delaware offering help with pregnancy, housing, food, childcare, adoption and more. We checked each one before listing it, but hours and services change, so please call ahead.

Adoption

  • A Better Chance for Our Children

    Foster care and adoption agency with pre- and post-adoption services for Delaware families.

  • Bethany Christian Services — Delaware

    Christian agency offering adoption, foster care, pregnancy counseling and family support.

  • Children's Choice of Delaware

    Christian agency offering foster care, adoption, post-permanency and kinship navigation. Monthly adoption information sessions in Dover and Newark.

  • AdoptUSKids — Delaware

    Statewide

    How to foster or adopt in Delaware, with state contacts and support services, from the national AdoptUSKids project.

  • Children & Families First

    Statewide

    Statewide foster care and adoption from the public child welfare system, plus family programs. Kent and Sussex: (800) 220-3092.

  • Delaware Division of Family Services — Adoption & Post-Adoption

    Statewide

    The state's adoption program for children in Delaware foster care, with post-adoption support. Adoption line: (302) 633-2658.

  • Delaware Heart Gallery

    Statewide

    Photos of Delaware children legally free for adoption and waiting for a family, from the Division of Family Services.

Free / Subsidized Childcare

Churches / Baby Closets

Clothing / Supplies

Domestic Violence

  • Delaware Domestic Violence Hotlines (DCADV)

    Statewide

    24/7 local hotlines: New Castle County (302) 762-6110; Kent & Sussex (302) 422-8058. National DV Hotline: 1-800-799-7233.

Employment

Potential Financial Assistance

Food Programs

Health Assistance

Housing Assistance & Shelters

  • Catholic Charities (Diocese of Wilmington)

    Emergency food pantries, energy assistance and help for families in crisis across Delaware. 24-hour pregnancy line: (877) 225-7870.

  • Family Promise of Northern New Castle County

    Shelter, meals and case management for homeless families with children. Families are referred through Delaware's homeless services intake; call 2-1-1 for help.

  • Ministry of Caring

    Shelters, child care, a distribution center and help for families in need in Wilmington.

Infant & Baby Equipment

Mental Health & Postpartum Assistance

Parenting Classes

  • Catholic Charities (Diocese of Wilmington)

    Emergency food pantries, energy assistance and help for families in crisis across Delaware. 24-hour pregnancy line: (877) 225-7870.

  • West End Neighborhood House

    Education, employment, financial and housing programs, WIC and youth services for Wilmington families.

  • Children & Families First

    Statewide

    Statewide foster care and adoption from the public child welfare system, plus family programs. Kent and Sussex: (800) 220-3092.

  • Delaware Home Visiting (Delaware Thrives)

    Statewide

    Free home visits for pregnant women and families with young children: Parents as Teachers, Healthy Families, Nurse-Family Partnership and Early Head Start. Call 2-1-1 or text your ZIP code to 898211 (Help Me Grow).

Pregnancy Centers

  • A Door of Hope Pregnancy Center — Wilmington

    Free help verifying a pregnancy and making decisions, plus support and baby items. Also in Middletown.

  • Bayard House (Catholic Charities)

    Residential maternity home for homeless or at-risk pregnant and parenting young women and their babies, with prenatal care and parenting classes. 24-hour pregnancy line: (877) 225-7870.

  • Birthright of Delaware

    Free pregnancy tests, friendship, maternity clothes and referrals.

  • Sussex Pregnancy Care Center

    Free pregnancy help with a 24-hour hotline. Mon–Thu, 9–4:30.

Special Needs Assistance

  • Easterseals Delaware & Maryland's Eastern Shore

    Early intervention, adult day services, caregiver support and more for people with disabilities.

  • Delaware Family Voices (Family-to-Family Health Information Center)

    Statewide

    Family-led help for families of children with special health care needs, run by the Parent Information Center.

  • Parent Information Center of Delaware

    Statewide

    Delaware's Parent Training and Information Center: free help with special education, IEPs and disability services for families, birth to 26.

  • The Arc of Delaware

    Statewide

    Referrals, training and help with housing and employment for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Kent & Sussex: (302) 736-6140.

Support for Fathers

Transportation

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