Pregnancy Counseling Services
| About UsPregnancy Counseling Services offers support, education about parenting options, community referrals and counseling for women facing an unplanned pregnancy.
425 North Topeka Street Wichita, Kansas 67202 Click to see a Google map In Wichita: (316) 263-6941 Toll Free: 1 (866) 839-4327 Fax: (316) 263-5259 Email: Tonya Knipp, Senior Director of Program Services and Quality Assurance |
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The goal of Catholic Charities Pregnancy Counseling Services is to help birth parents have a healthy pregnancy, to know their pregnancy options and be supported in their decision. As every pregnancy choice has life-long implications, it is critical for birth parents to carefully consider each life-giving option.
Options
For those choosing to parent, the program provides assistance with identifying personal goals, children’s needs (child development) budgeting plans and a child’s future relationship with parents. For those interested in making an adoption plan for their child, we offer counseling before and after the baby is placed for adoption. This may include having birth families select the adoptive family, discussing the grief and loss issues, and planning for ongoing contact with their baby and the adoptive family, and a support group meetings for birth parents.
Cost
Catholic Charities provides case management support and pregnancy counseling to birth mothers, birth fathers and their families at no cost to the clients. When referrals to therapy are made, if applicable, insurance may be billed.
Other Services
In addition to the primary services offered by Catholic Charities Pregnancy Counseling Services, the agency also offers:
- Referral to adoption legal counsel
- Post-adoption counseling for birth parents who relinquish a child
- Resource library with information about parenting and adoption
- Cradle care may be provided between the time of delivery, final decision and placement in the adoptive home, if needed
Credentials
Catholic Charities Pregnancy Counseling Services is accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children, Inc., ensuring quality standards, multicultural and multiracial insights and capacities with respect to diversity, and a service focus that builds on the strengths of individuals and families. The program is also licensed by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment as a child placing agency.
Our pregnancy counselor is sensitive to every person’s unique culture and background. Our approach is personal, recognizing that you are unique in the world. We respect all religious beliefs and embrace faith as a source of healing and renewal.
