About Us
His Caring Place is a licensed teen maternity program that offers love and guidance to young women struggling with crisis pregnancies. Our seven-bedroom maternity home in Coconut Creek, Florida, is located on one-and-a-half acres in a semi-rural setting, away from the hustle of busy South Florida but still conveniently close to church, schools, doctors, and other amenities. Our four-bedroom aftercare home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, offers a training and recovery program for young women who choose to parent and qualify for aftercare services.
Over the last twenty years, His Caring Place has provided for the needs of several hundred young pregnant women from all over the country. Through this program, many have been able to see God's faithfulness and provision intervene at just the right time. The issue of unwanted pregnancy is at a crisis level in South Florida, and in fact, the world today. It is reassuring to know that each individual conception did not occur without our Creator’s foreknowledge of it. We believe that God can be glorified through any circumstance and that all life is precious to Him.
Our Goal
In Isaiah 40:1, God promised to “gently lead those who are with young.” We take this promise seriously and provide a safe harbor for teenagers throughout their pregnancy and beyond. We believe that God brings each young woman to His Caring Place for a specific purpose—He has a plan for them and their children. We offer guidance and support to help them find God’s will regarding parenting, adoption, and other life issues; however, each young mother makes her own decisions. The goal of His Caring Place residential homes is to provide a training ground for young women to achieve educational, emotional, spiritual, social, and career goals that are honoring to the Lord as well as to receive acceptance and love during their pregnancies.
Cindy grew up without the protection most take for granted in childhood. She and her sister were exposed to drugs, alcohol, verbal and physical abuse at very young ages. Her mom brought them with her to crack houses or when she prostituted herself. At age 7, Cindy was raped. It began a pattern of men molesting her throughout her childhood. "To distract myself," remembers Cindy, "I created my own imaginary world where everything was happy and safe. Eventually, I turned to alcohol to dull the pain. By 18, I was stripping. By 20, I was prostituting myself, and then I got pregnant." Alone, she had nowhere to go for help. But hope was just around the corner...
One day, outside the DCF office, a stranger walked up to her and told her about His Caring Place. Right there, in the parking lot, she prayed to God and asked for forgiveness and a new life. "I found that new life at His Caring Place," she remembers. For the first time, she saw a stable, loving family, and she knew that was what she wanted for her daughter, Cloe. Now she is working and pursuing her education. "With God's help, I am breaking the cycle of my grandmother not being a mother to my mom, and my mom not being a mother to me. This cycle of neglect has stopped with me."