Provides family planning services. Services include referrals to health care, financial assistance, maternity homes; maternity and infant clothing, baby furniture, and parenting classes. Provides education about abstinence and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Also provides housing for qualified clients and their children.

House of Ruth Pregnancy Care Center | House of Ruth Pregnancy Care Center

Programs that teach skills that enable parents to deal constructively and consistently with a broad spectrum of child rearing problems which may include sibling rivalry; school behavior and performance; poor self-esteem; shyness; drug use; sexual promiscuity; and the whole range of negative, acting-out behaviors including whining, temper tantrums, disobedience, insolence and destructiveness. Some parenting skills development programs utilize a step-by-step approach for managing specific problems and may incorporate application at home of techniques that were discussed and practiced in the classroom setting. Other programs may offer participatory family workshops which provide opportunities for parents and children to learn and practice methods for dealing with one another under the guidance of a trained facilitator. Most training programs teach the parent a particular way of talking and relating to their children that reinforces positive behaviors and communication and decreases negative behaviors while supporting the development of a relationship that is built on fairness, mutual caring and respect.

Parenting Skills Classes

Programs that pay for or provide new or secondhand clothing and layettes for infants and young children.

Baby Clothing

Programs that accept new or secondhand clothing that people can wear during pregnancy, repair the items if necessary, and keep the clothing for use in their own programs, donate it to shelters and other community-based organizations for distribution to the people they serve, or sell it to raise money for agency programs.

Maternity Clothing Donation Programs

Programs that accept new or secondhand bassinettes, cribs, strollers and other furniture or equipment for infants, refurbish them if necessary, and keep them for use in their own programs, donate them to other community-based organizations for distribution to the people they serve, or sell them to raise money for agency programs.

Baby Furniture Donation Programs

Family planning programs, maternity homes, hospitals, birthing centers and other organizations that are actively seeking individuals with the requisite skills and experience who are willing to work, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, with individuals who are at risk for an unplanned pregnancy, are pregnant and considering their options, are pregnant for the first time or are having a difficult pregnancy and need emotional support, encouragement and practical advice. Volunteers may be asked to work on pregnancy prevention projects, provide pregnancy counseling services or other forms of support for young individuals who are pregnant or are at risk for pregnancy, or share their own experiences regarding pregnancy and childbirth with individuals who are pregnant for the first time or experiencing difficulties.

Pregnancy Related Volunteer Opportunities

Programs that maintain information about community resources that are appropriate for a specific target group or human services sector (for example, youth programs or addiction services) and which link individuals who are in need of specialized services with appropriate resources and/or which provide information about community agencies and organizations that offer specialized services.

Specialized Information and Referral

Programs that accept new or secondhand clothing and layettes for infants and young children, repair the items if necessary, and keep the clothing for use in their own programs, donate it to shelters and other community-based organizations for distribution to the people they serve, or sell it to raise money for agency programs.

Baby Clothing Donation Programs

Programs that pay for or provide new or secondhand cribs, bassinets, strollers and other furniture that has been designed for infants/babies.

Baby Furniture

Programs that provide assistance for people who want to control the size of their families and the spacing of their children, usually through some form of birth control; who want to explore options for conceiving; who have a problem with infertility; or who have questions about the advisability of becoming pregnant or following through with a current pregnancy.

Family Planning

Programs that pay for or provide clothing that individuals can wear during pregnancy.

Maternity Clothing

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals with the requisite skills and experience who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to make minor repairs to the homes of older adults, people with disabilities, low income individuals and others the organization serves. Typical services include repair or replacement of broken doors and windows; accessibility improvements such as ramps and hand railings; correction of safety hazards such as repairs to porches, steps and sidewalks; home security improvements such as fences, security doors and smoke detectors; habitability improvements such as replacement of sinks, toilets and floor tiles; and interior and exterior painting.

Handyworker Volunteer Opportunities

Divisions of businesses or nonprofit agencies that are responsible for developing products or delivering designated services to the public. Departments of NGOs are generally led by a manager, supervisor, director or vice president.

Nongovernmental Agency Departments

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals with the requisite skills and experience who are willing to work, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, with expectant or new mothers and fathers who need emotional support, encouragement and practical advice. Volunteers may be asked to help new mothers and/or fathers adjust to being parents or offer classes or workshops for parents who are having difficulty or want to be more effective in their parenting role.

Parenting Support Volunteer Opportunities

Administers pregnancy-related services in various locations.

Answers for Life Pregnancy Center | Answers for Life Pregnancy Center

Programs that accept canned food and other food resources and keep the food for use in their own programs or donate it to food banks, food pantries, meal programs and other community-based food programs for distribution to the people they serve.

Food Donation Programs

Organizations that are actively seeking licensed nurses who are willing to contribute their services on a voluntary basis without remuneration.

Nursing Care Volunteer Opportunities

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals who are willing, on a voluntary basis without remuneration, to provide companionship and guidance and/or serve as role models for individuals who are disadvantaged because of age, income, physical or developmental disabilities or family environment. Some programs may be looking specifically for male or female adult volunteers to serve as mentors for young men or women from families in which adult figures of the same gender are absent or only available on a limited and inadequate basis or who are troubled and at risk for delinquency; or for people who are willing to serve as peer role models. Also included are volunteer opportunities for career mentors, i.e., professionals who are willing to be paired with people who have an interest in their occupation/job.

Mentoring Services Volunteer Opportunities

Administers pregnancy care services in Chandler. Offers family planning services, free pregnancy tests, free ultrasounds, diapers, DES verifications, referrals, parenting classes, and assistance with material needs for women facing unplanned pregnancies.

Pregnancy Care Center | Pregnancy Care Center

Programs that provide educational and supportive services that help new parents or those expecting a child, to prepare them on an emotional and practical level for the impact the newborn will have on their lives and relationships. The programs are open to all parents. Initial focus areas include healthy eating for the mother, danger signs in pregnancy, sibling preparation and being ready for labor and delivery, followed by practical information on basic infant care, newborn behaviors, baby supplies, bathing techniques, diapering, breastfeeding and other feeding options, as well as infant and childhood illnesses. Later topics may include walking, talking, toilet training and other aspects of child development, all to help ensure that infants and toddlers are nurtured, live in a safe environment and receive proper health care.

General Expectant/New Parent Assistance

Organizations that are actively seeking individuals with the requisite skills and experience who are willing to fill positions on an organization's advisory board, board of directors or board committees on a voluntary basis without remuneration.

Board/Committee Member Volunteer Opportunities

Programs that pay for or provide cloth or disposable diapers.

Diapers

Programs that utilize inaudible sound in the frequency range of approximately 20,000 to 10 billion cycles per second which are passed into the body, echo when they strike tissue and build a picture of the internal organs or a fetus in the uterus.