MI CASA/My Home

A collaborative project, started in 2000, Mi Casa/My Home annually provides safe and affordable housing for up to seven pregnant and parenting teens and up to nine infants at one time. City of Bridgeport Home Funds were used to rehabilitate a house at 25 Ford Place (near Bridgeport Hospital), only minutes from GBAPP's main office. Teens may reside at Mi Casa/My Home for up to two years. While there, they receive case management services, housing, meals, clothing, life skills, and access to primary care, day care, and education.


Mi Casa/My Home is located at 25 Ford Place in Bridgeport

What is the Program's Goal?

Staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week,  Mi Casa/My Home provides the type of support and services teen mothers and their children need in order to stay healthy. Ultimately, Mi Casa/My Home will help prepare teen mothers for parenthood and independent living.

The key to Mi Casa/My Home is ongoing education and counseling to prevent subsequent births, promote good decision making skills and to understand the nature of risk-taking behavior. Mi Casa/My Home, staff also provide follow up and reinforce teens and their children's need to
live independently and succeed.

Last Updated:  02/28/08