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Pregnancy & family help in Michigan

47 organizations in Michigan 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

  • Catholic Charities of Ingham, Eaton & Clinton Counties

    Adoption and foster care, help requesting adoption records, and counseling in the Lansing area (St. Vincent campus). Foster and adoptive parent orientations are held the first and third Thursday of each month. For adoption, ask for ext. 1608.

  • Hands Across the Water

    Licensed child welfare agency: foster care, kinship care, international adoption and behavioral health services.

  • Oakland Family Services

    Foster care and adoption, parenting support (Early On and Parents as Teachers), and affordable preschool and child care from 12 months at its Children's Learning Center in Pontiac.

  • Orchards Children's Services

    Foster care and adoption: more than 3,000 adoptions since 1986. Foster care and adoption inquiries: (248) 258-1278.

  • Spaulding for Children

    Adoption of children from foster care, parent training and ongoing support for adoptive families.

  • Michigan Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE)

    Statewide

    Meet Michigan children and youth who are legally free for adoption, learn how adoption works, and find an adoption agency. A program of Judson Center, funded by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

Free / Subsidized Childcare

  • Focus: HOPE Early Learning (Center for Children)

    Early learning at its Center for Children in Detroit, with Head Start services for pregnant women and children from 6 weeks to 5 years.

  • Starfish Family Services

    Early Head Start and Head Start (free for income-eligible families) and prenatal and infant/toddler programs at 15 early childhood centers in Wayne County, plus parenting programs and behavioral health services.

  • Michigan Head Start Association — Program Locator

    Statewide

    Find Head Start and Early Head Start programs anywhere in Michigan with the Michigan Head Start Association's program locator.

Churches / Baby Closets

  • Center of Hope (Fenton)

    Free Baby Closet with newborn to 5T clothing, diapers, wipes, formula and baby food, once a month by appointment after a short application is approved, plus parenting support and a food pantry.

  • Pregnancy Aid Detroit

    Free, confidential pregnancy tests and limited ultrasounds, in Eastpointe and in Detroit (17415 Mack Avenue).

  • Project Hope (Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan)

    Free pregnancy testing, counseling, parenting education, prenatal care referrals and financial guidance, plus baby closets with free diapers, wipes, formula, baby food and infant clothing. Offices in Detroit and Pontiac ((248) 338-4250 ext. 4133), and monthly in Romeo.

Clothing / Supplies

  • Center of Hope (Fenton)

    Free Baby Closet with newborn to 5T clothing, diapers, wipes, formula and baby food, once a month by appointment after a short application is approved, plus parenting support and a food pantry.

  • Michigan Foster Care Closet

    Free clothing, shoes, toys, linens, nursery furniture, strollers, car seats, school supplies and hygiene products for local foster children and their families.

  • Pregnancy Aid Detroit

    Free, confidential pregnancy tests and limited ultrasounds, in Eastpointe and in Detroit (17415 Mack Avenue).

  • Project Hope (Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan)

    Free pregnancy testing, counseling, parenting education, prenatal care referrals and financial guidance, plus baby closets with free diapers, wipes, formula, baby food and infant clothing. Offices in Detroit and Pontiac ((248) 338-4250 ext. 4133), and monthly in Romeo.

Domestic Violence

  • Voices4 Hotline (Michigan Coalition to End Domestic & Sexual Violence)

    Statewide

    Free 24/7 hotline by phone, text and online chat with trained advocates. MCEDSV's member programs serve all 83 Michigan counties.

Employment

Potential Financial Assistance

  • The Salvation Army — Great Lakes Division (Michigan)

    Emergency help with rent, mortgage and utility bills from the Salvation Army's Great Lakes Division, whose local teams assess each family's needs.

Food Programs

Health Assistance

Housing Assistance & Shelters

Infant & Baby Equipment

  • Closet of Hope (Together Church)

    Free clothing and baby items (cribs, swings, bottles, formula, carriers, baby gates) for children newborn to 18 in foster, adoptive, kinship, guardianship and Safe Families homes. Register your family, then stop in to shop.

  • Michigan Foster Care Closet

    Free clothing, shoes, toys, linens, nursery furniture, strollers, car seats, school supplies and hygiene products for local foster children and their families.

Mental Health & Postpartum Assistance

Parenting Classes

  • Starfish Family Services

    Early Head Start and Head Start (free for income-eligible families) and prenatal and infant/toddler programs at 15 early childhood centers in Wayne County, plus parenting programs and behavioral health services.

  • The Children's Center (Detroit)

    Programs for children, parents and caregivers at its Tau Beta Family Success Center, including Parent Café, a parent resource group, plus behavioral health services for children and families.

Pregnancy Centers

Special Needs Assistance

  • Easterseals MORC

    Autism, mental health and developmental disability services.

  • Family Center for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs

    Statewide

    Serves all Michigan families of children who have, or are at increased risk for, physical, behavioral, developmental and emotional conditions. Enrollment in Children's Special Health Care Services is not required. Family Phone Line: weekdays 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

  • Michigan Alliance for Families

    Statewide

    Free information, support and education for families of children and young adults (birth to 26) who receive or may need special education, including one-on-one help from parent mentors. En español: (313) 217-1060.

  • The Arc Michigan

    Statewide

    Advocacy and resources for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. Find the local Arc chapter for your county.

Transportation

  • Michigan Medicaid rides to medical appointments

    Statewide

    Disability Rights Michigan's guide to Medicaid rides to essential non-emergency medical appointments. In a Medicaid health plan, call the number on your plan card; with straight Medicaid, call your local MDHHS office.

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