Frequently Asked Questions
- FAQ for Prospective Clients
- FAQ for Counselors, Pastors, and Parents
FAQ for Prospective Clients
1. What is the cost to live at Hannah’s Home?
All services are free to the birthmother.
2. What if I am still in High School?
Many of our high school age residents continue their schooling through ECOT (the Electronic Class Room of Tomorrow). Some school districts will send the work to the resident.
We feel education is very important to the young woman.
3. Do you provide doctors?
Medical care is received off campus by an obstetrical group. If you do not have private insurance the social worker will help you obtain medical care through the Healthy Start program.
4. How do I speak with a counselor?
A licensed social worker is the program director and is in the home four days a week. The licensed family counselor meets with each resident on a weekly basis and is available for counseling with the birthfather and other family members.
5. Do I have to live there?
All clients live at the home. The program prepares you for the future, enabling you to make good choices for you and your child. Hannah’s Home serves the residents immediate needs and strives to improve the life experience for the next generation.
6. Can I stay after my baby is born?
Hannah’s Home is licensed by the state of Ohio as a maternity home. This permits us to have residents during their pregnancy but does not permit us to house infants. However, during the birthmother’s stay discharge planning is a vital piece of her individualized program. The birthmother is assisted in exploring all options for housing and care after the birth.
7. Do you place children for adoption?
Hannah’s Home does not actively facilitate adoptions. If a birthmother plans to place her child with a family we will give her several agencies that are available to help her. Our counselors will support her and help prepare her for the hospital stay and the placing of her child.
FAQ for Counselors, Parents, and Pastors
1. How do young women in need of your services reach you?
Contact information is listed below. They can e-mail from the website or directly from their e-mail service. To talk to a staff person they can also call the office between the hours of 9 and 4:30 Monday through Friday.
2. Does Hannah’s Home accept referrals of young women in financial need?
All services are without charge to our residents and are provided by private donations and annual fund raising events each year.
3. What is the cost to maintain Hannah’s Home services to young women on a per diem basis?
To provide individualized social and personal services from professional staff costs forty dollars per day per resident.
4. How long has Hannah’s Home been in existence?
Hannah’s Home has been open on a continual basis since the fall of 2003.
5. What opportunities are available to someone interested in supporting Hannah’s Home?
Hannah’s Home is a faith based work that is financially supported by financial donations, gifts in kind and volunteers that provide services in many areas. Hannah’s Home is a 501 (3) (c) organization and all donations are tax exempt.
6. If I were interested in supporting Hannah’s Home and its efforts to serve young women in crisis, who would I contact?
For Financial Donations or gifts in kind please contact the office at 440-209-9615, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. 'till 4:30 p.m.
For inquiries regarding volunteering please obtain an application online or contact the office at 440-209-9615, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. 'til 4:30 p.m.
7. What is a typical day for young women that live at Hannah’s Home?
At assessment, the social worker and the client make a plan to reach mutually agreed upon goals. Schedules may vary but the day includes: • living as a family and sharing responsibilities for the day such as menu planning and cooking. • Classes include but not restricted to sewing, cooking, counseling, birth classes, Bible study, school if needed including tutoring, GED classes arranged, Boundary class, adoption and parenting information. Parenting classes. • doctor visits. • A fine arts grant provides many opportunities for theater and some cultural events. • Women who have graduated high school or have a GED often work part time.
