Bethlehem house facilitates Healing the Culture classes:
A person’s idea of “happiness” will determine how that person forms her or his identity, values, goals and decisions. This curriculum is based on Fr. Robert Spitzer’s model of “four levels of happiness.” The program identifies four key ways of viewing “meaning and purpose” in life, and shows how to keep a proper balance between them. There are six one half hour video sessions in the curriculum with accompanying worksheets. The women schedule times to go through the sessions with staff.
Earn While You Learn:
The Earn While You Learn curriculum contains 45 lessons in 9 modules that take a woman from early pregnancy to three months after the baby is born, with a lesson and homework assignment for each one-hour session. The lessons cover pregnancy, postpartum care, the developing pre-born, the emotional needs and physical care of a newborn, first aid, foundations of discipline, bonding, abstinence, and much more. Each client receives a personalized lesson plan that maps out each week’s lesson.
Bethlehem House has created strong collaborative partnerships throughout our community, focusing on the supportive needs of our residents. These partnerships include:
The College of St. Mary:
Mothers Living and Learning program counseling, and several service learning practicum’s are conducted quarterly on-site. Topics include: Educational counseling, pre-natal nutrition, baby nutrition, parenting, financial literacy, healthcare, stress management and a number of infant care topics.
Creighton University:
Facilitates educational outreach conducted by the school of Medicine, Dentistry, Theology and Science.
Also, 4th year medical students facilitate by-weekly classes that focus on nutrition, pre-natal care, crisis intervention, family stability and counseling. Medical student mentors are matched with residents and attend their doctors appointments to help with Physician communication.
Metropolitan Community College:
Facilitates workshops that focus on career and educational counseling. Counseling on “I Can” attitude and how to achieve goals, dreams and family stability. Conducts, quarterly “Dream Board” workshops.
Catholic Charities:
Supports on-site counseling for each resident,educational parenting classes and adoption counseling.
Child Saving Institute:
Facilitates adoption counseling, resident counseling and parenting support as each resident transition’s out of Bethlehem House.
Essential Pregnancy Services:
Conducts free on-site pregnancy testing and counseling to women who think they may be pregnant. Parenting classes and counseling for our residents.
Daddy counseling and education to expecting fathers.
Nebraska Children’s Home:
Facilitates adoption counseling and parenting classes.
Douglas County Extension Services:
Facilitates educational classes focusing on nutritional needs, home maintenance education and community outreach.
Wells Fargo: Facilitates budgeting classes, financial literacy training and checking & savings account support.
Surprise Thrift Store:
Volunteer support and helping our residents acquire needed items to set up their home after transitioning out of Bethlehem House.
Visiting Nurses Association:
Provides on-site health care visits during and after the baby’s birth.
Several local high schools, grade schools and organizations provide on-site volunteer support including: Yard work, painting, special projects, organizing donations, craft classes, support during Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving and much more:
Gross High School
Skutt High School
Marian High school
Mercy High School
Eagle Scouts
Rerun’s R Fun
