Beginning July 1
Duration: 6 Weeks | 6 Modules + LIVES on Fridays*
Hosted by: The Maternity Housing Coalition
Are you thinking about starting a maternity home but aren’t sure where to begin? Blueprint for Starting Your Maternity Home is a comprehensive 6-week course designed specifically for pregnancy help organizations ready to take the next step in serving women facing unplanned pregnancies.
This foundational course walks you through the critical components needed to launch a successful and sustainable maternity home. Through six focused modules, you’ll gain the tools, strategies, and confidence to move from vision to action.
Week 1: Starting Point
Clarify your "why," explore different maternity home models, and assess your readiness for this important work.
Week 2: Board Model & Responsibilities
Learn how to structure a strong, mission-driven board and define its essential roles in governance and support.
Week 3: Structuring the Home
Conduct a needs assessment, craft a compelling mission statement, and begin developing a framework that reflects your community and values.
Week 4: Building & Maintaining a Team
Discover how to recruit, train, and sustain a healthy and effective team of staff and volunteers.
Week 5: Property Considerations
Understand zoning laws, location requirements, safety standards, and other key factors when choosing and preparing your property.
Week 6: Resident Care
Learn best practices for supporting residents through case management, program development, house guidelines, and holistic care.
*Plus, join us live each Friday for a discussion of that week's topic and a Q&A. This is the perfect time for participants to ask questions and join an open forum with other start-ups.
Whether you’re in the early stages of praying for this mission or already gathering a team, this course equips you with the practical knowledge and strategic insight to launch a maternity home that makes a lasting impact.
One in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage and one in four women in the US will have an abortion by the age of 45. Although these losses occur very differently, the grief experience is similar and affects men, women, family members and friends. The Institute of Reproductive Grief Care's course for healthcare professionals, clinics, pregnancy centers, universities and social service agencies, can bring hope and healing to hurting people who may be suffering alone.
Objectives/Desired Outcomes:
About the Instructor(s):
The Institute of Reproductive Grief Care® is the global expert in reproductive grief care, offering education, research, expertise and support after pregnancy and reproductive loss. With the stated goal of encouraging the widespread adoption of a reproductive grief standard of care, they provide education and resources to healthcare professionals including hospitals, medical professionals, therapists, social workers and pregnancy centers, as well as community and faith leaders.
Finding and Fostering Major Gifts is a six-week crash course on how to raise major gifts from supporters in your database. In this course, you will learn how to set up a successful development shop, find supporters who are major givers and learn to grow those relationships to ask for major gifts. This class will have a weekly live session, as well as reading and homework assignments with the oversight of your instructor, Haley Limo. Each week you will come together in the live class to discuss your reading assignments, go over your homework assignments and learn important skills to grow your development shop. Through this class you will:
Training Requirements:
Your instructor for this live class is Heartbeat Academy Faculty member Haley Limo. Haley is the Founder and President of Least of These Philanthropy (LOT), a boutique fundraising consulting firm. With a background in major gifts development, Haley's desire is to help teach the art of relational fundraising to Christian nonprofits. As the former CEO of a medical pregnancy center, pregnancy help organizations hold a special place in her heart.
"I had no idea what to expect. I have never taken a course online before and from the experience of this one, would definitely do it again... It was wonderful to share with so many like-minded individuals who live their faith each day and see God's hand at work. I was uplifted by this experience."
- ConCERT Graduate
ConCERT is an advanced, eight-week distance learning course created by Heartbeat International. ConCERT is appropriate for any individual currently involved in a pregnancy help ministry who wants to gain confidence and take their current skills and knowledge to an even higher level. The next session of ConCERT will cover consulting considerations, fertility, conception, fetal development, sexual integrity, contraception, sexually transmitted diseases, abortion risks, and much more. By the end of this training, you will earn enough CEUs to apply for or renew your Life Affirming Specialist Designation.
To participate, you must meet the following requirements:
Please note, participants of this training will be able to communicate with the instructors via e-mail and phone. A downloadable student manual is also provided to help students prepare for assessments.