Alexandria’s House

Alexandria’s House: A Safe Place to Begin Again

Every young mother deserves a safe place to bring her baby home. She deserves people who will celebrate the milestones, help her through the hard days, and remind her that becoming a mother does not mean giving up on her own dreams.

At Alexandria’s House, young mothers experiencing homelessness find all of that and more.

For more than three decades, Alexandria’s House has provided a safe, nurturing home for pregnant and parenting youth ages 16 to 18 and their babies in Spokane. As Spokane County’s only licensed maternity group home, Alexandria’s House provides 24-hour care and support for up to six young mothers and their infants at a time.

But Alexandria’s House is much more than a place to sleep.

It is a home where a young mother can prepare for the birth of her baby without wondering where they will live. It is a place where she can learn how to care for a newborn, finish high school, talk with someone when life feels overwhelming, prepare a healthy meal, learn to manage a household and a budget, and begin planning for a future she may not have believed was possible.

Most importantly, it is a place where she does not have to do any of it alone.

Caring for Mom and Baby

Every young mother who comes to Alexandria’s House brings her own story, strengths, hopes, and needs. Our team surrounds each family with individualized, trauma-informed support designed to help both mother and baby become healthy, safe, and stable.

From pregnancy through the early years of motherhood, staff help young mothers connect with prenatal and postpartum care, primary care, pediatric care, dental services, and other community health resources. They receive support in understanding their own health needs and those of their babies, scheduling and attending appointments, accessing nutritious food, and creating healthy routines for their growing families.

Through VOA’s integrated behavioral health services, young mothers also have access to compassionate mental health support. They can work through difficult experiences, develop healthy coping skills, strengthen relationships, and build confidence as both young adults and parents.

Individualized case management brings all of these pieces together. Case managers work alongside each young mother to identify her goals and help her navigate the steps needed to reach them, whether that means obtaining identification and benefits, accessing healthcare, continuing her education, finding employment, building parenting skills, securing future housing, or simply figuring out what comes next.

Learning to Build a Life Together

Motherhood comes with a thousand things no one automatically knows how to do. At Alexandria’s House, young mothers have caring adults beside them as they learn.

Participants receive hands-on support with parenting and child development, nutrition and meal preparation, budgeting and financial literacy, household management, healthy relationships, transportation, healthcare navigation, education, employment readiness, housing preparation, and other practical skills that help a young family become increasingly independent.

Young mothers also have access to food, clothing, diapers, hygiene products, baby supplies, transportation assistance, and other everyday necessities. Meeting these immediate needs gives families the stability and breathing room to focus on longer-term goals.

Education is an especially important part of building that future. Participants are encouraged and supported in completing their high school education, including through Lumen High School, which specializes in serving pregnant and parenting students. Staff also help young mothers explore employment, career pathways, and opportunities for continued education so they can begin building the future they envision for themselves and their children.

Every accomplishment matters. A diploma earned. A first job. A healthy pediatric appointment. A savings goal reached. A housing application completed. A young mother realizing that she knows exactly what her baby needs when they cry.

These moments build confidence. Together, they can change the direction of a family’s life.

A Home Today and a Future for Tomorrow

The goal of Alexandria’s House is not simply to help a young mother through a moment of crisis. It is to help her build a foundation that she and her child can carry forward.

As young mothers prepare to leave Alexandria’s House, staff work with them on housing plans, education and employment goals, community connections, financial stability, and the practical skills they will need to maintain a home and care for their families.

When a participant turns 18, her relationship with VOA does not have to end. Young mothers may transition to Aston-Bleck Apartments, VOA’s transitional housing program for young parents and their children, where they can continue working toward greater independence and long-term stability. Whenever possible, familiar members of their support team remain alongside them, preserving trusted relationships during an important transition.

This continuum of care is one of the things that makes Alexandria’s House so special. A young mother can arrive during one of the most uncertain moments of her life and discover a community prepared to walk beside her as she takes the next steps toward adulthood, motherhood, and a home of her own.

A Foundation for Their Future

At Alexandria’s House, safety is only the beginning.

Within these walls are first steps, bedtime routines, homework assignments, job applications, doctor visits, shared meals, parenting lessons, hard conversations, laughter, tears, celebrations, and countless ordinary moments that begin to feel extraordinary when a young family finally has a safe place to experience them.

Here, a young mother facing homelessness is surrounded by people who believe in both her and her baby. With a safe home, compassionate support, practical skills, and opportunities to learn and grow, she has the space to experience the everyday joys and challenges of motherhood while building toward something bigger: a stable home, a healthy family, and a future filled with possibility.

Sometimes changing the course of a family’s story begins with something beautifully simple: a safe place to call home and someone who believes in what comes next.

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