Human Life Services Inc

HUMAN LIFE SERVICES IS A LIFE AFFIRMING CHRIST-CENTERED PREGNANCY CARE ORGANIZATION SERVING YORK THROUGH MEDICAL SERVICES, PEER COUNSELING, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY REFERRALS.

EDUCATION, MENTORING AND MATERIAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES:THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES EDUCATION, SUPPORT, MENTORING AND COMMUNITY REFERRALS TO WOMEN AND MEN FACING AN UNPLANNED PREGNANCY. THIS SERVICE ALSO PROVIDES INFORMATION REGARDING A WOMAN'S ALTERNATIVES REGARDING HER PREGNANCY DECISION, WHICH INCLUDE ABORTION, PARENTING OR ADOPTION. DURING THE 2023 CALENDAR YEAR THERE WERE 596 CLASSES FOR MENTORING PROVIDED BY TRAINED VOLUNTEERS TO 60 INDIVIDUAL CLIENTS. MATERIAL ASSISTANCE WAS ALSO GIVEN BY HANDING OUT 478 DOZEN DIAPERS, 35 CANS OF FORMULA AND OTHER INFANT SUPPLIES FOR NEW MOTHERS. CLOTHING WAS PROVIDED TO 85 CLIENTS. UNPLANNED PREGNANCY, EMERGENCY SUPPLY MATERIALS WERE HANDED OUT DURING THE YEAR TO 45 MEN AND WOMEN.EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO 175 WOMEN AND 37 MEN AND POST-ABORTION SUPPORT SERVICES WERE ALSO PROVIDED TO 33 WOMEN AND 3 MEN. THERE WERE 53 BABIES BORN TO CLIENTS IN 2023 AND 125 BIBLES WERE DISTRIBUTED.THE MAJORITY OF THE EDUCATION, MENTORING AND MATERIAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY VOLUNTEERS, THUS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING THE PROGRAM SERVICE COSTS AND TOTAL COSTS TO THE ORGANIZATION.RECOGNIZING A GROWING COMMUNITY NEED FOR PARENTING CLASSES, LIFE SKILLS, HEALING FROM TRAUMA, CONNECTION TO OTHER COMMUNITY RESOURCES, AND MEDICAL SERVICES TO THOSE FACING AN UNPLANNED PREGNANCY, HUMAN LIFE SERVICES TOOK STEPS TO EXPLORE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CARRIAGE HOUSE RENOVATION PROJECT. THE NEW SPACE CREATES AN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE BUILDING WITH ADA ACCESSIBILITY. THE EXPANDED FOOTPRINT ON OUR PROPERTY WILL ALLOW FOR THE CREATION OF A TARGETED PROGRAM FOR FATHERS, INCREASE CLIENT COUNSELING ROOM AND CLASS ROOM SPACE, WHILE PROVIDING MORE ROOMS AND HOURS TO MEET WITH CLIENTS SEEKING STI TESTING, PREGNANCY TESTS AND ULTRASOUNDS. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS APPROVED AND IS COMMITTED TO THIS PROJECT WITH EXPECTED COMPLETION IN NOVEMBER 2024 AND FINAL COSTS SHOULD BE $300,938.

MEDICAL SERVICES:MEDICAL PROGRAM/CLINIC PERFORMS PREGNANCY TESTS TO VERIFY A PREGNANCY, AND IF THE PATIENT IS AT LEAST 6 WEEKS ALONG AN ULTRASOUND CAN BE PERFORMED. MEDICAL SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY A TRAINED SONOGRAPHER WHO IS PART OF THE PAID STAFF. IN THE YEAR 2023 74 ULTRASOUNDS WERE PERFORMED AND 86 PREGNANCY TESTS WERE ADMINISTERED. STD APPOINTMENTS BEGAN IN AUGUST 2023. 16 WOMEN AND 2 MEN WERE SEEN. YDC SAW 33 GIRLS/WOMEN. 29 STD TESTS WERE ALSO ADMINISTERED.HLS PROVIDES A LIMITED OBSTETRICAL ULTRASOUND FOR FOUR REASONS: 1.) TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A VIABLE INTRAUTERINE PREGNANCY, 2.) TO DETECT FETAL CARDIAC ACTIVITY, 3.) TO ESTIMATE GESTATIONAL AGE, AND 4.) FOR FAMILIAL REASONS RELATING TO MATERNAL HEALTH.THE ORGANIZATION SEEKS TO EDUCATE WOMEN AND MEN IN SEVERAL AREAS - STI'S (SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS), INFORMATION REGARDING THEIR PREGNANCY OPTIONS SUCH AS: MAKING AN ADOPTION PLAN OR ABORTION, PRE-NATAL CARE, AND PARENTING.HLS DOES NOT REFER FOR OR PROVIDE CONTRACEPTIVES OR ABORTION SERVICES.