As a House Mentor, I can surely say that all the staff cares about the participants and their children. This is not a shelter, but a ministry and structured program for women and their families. I’ve seen incredible growth in the participants lives and as they have transitioned into independent living.

I will start by saying that i am a devout christian, single mother, with 1 daughter who will be 5 soon. I came to lifehouse as a 19yo in 2020. It was one of the most miserable experiences i've had. Some of the staff is kind, but the main issue is the manager. extremely controlling and passive agressive, attempting to shove her beliefs down our throats. They control what you do, and watch your every move- from when you get phone time all the way to when you sleep and what you eat. There was one time my mom brought me a meal from cracker barrel and they took it from me and threw it away. Threatening me if i didnt give it to them. They made me write bible verses like a child over and over again for things like saying "dam*" and disagreeing with them. At the time i had not yet devouted my life to christ and they are the reason that christianity left a bad taste in my mouth for 4 more years. The manager is obsessed with control and cant just let anything or anyone be. She even made a commemt infront of a black resident "there should be a white history month" and laughed about it. Truly disturbing. And if that isnt enough they make us get food stamps and WIC, then take our cards and use them for the house while giving us little to no say on what they get with them. You are welcome to put requests on their list but youre extremely lucky if they get a single thing you ask for. You cant even see your friends /SO unless they come to the house. I called my mom everynignt and begged her to let me come home. Eventually i chose sleeping in my car over this place, with luckely didnt last long. Do not recommend unless you are insanely desperate. And even then, id stay away. Edit: it is extremely disturbing that they would lie/cover up these instances as well. It is also extremely insensitive and dismissive to act like most of us feel as tho we have a choice at all. I would also like to mention that i was never given aditional recources when leaving, even though i made it clear i had nowhere else to go. This place truly takes in women at their most vulnerable and forces on them whatever it is to fit their agenda.

This place is a very disturbing and a manipulative facility. They make it seem as if they are there to help pregnant women and mothers when in fact it was absolutely terrible. My mom sent me to this place when I was 15 and pregnant. Upon arrival they gave me a beautiful room, let me have my cell phone, and were very sweet. The very next day being there they took my phone, started overly pressuring me into adoption and giving me multiple adoption portfolios. The older woman who was doing this to me was incredibly passive aggressive and made me feel awful for not having picked a set of parents. I was not wanting to do adoption, but Lifehouse was adamant about it being the only option. The first day I got there they told me I could call my mom whenever I wanted and I soon found out that wasn't true at all. They had set times for it and would even listen to our conversations. The beautiful room that I was staying was being taken from me as well and they were putting me up in a room with multiple other girls. The room the gave me was the "show" room for families. This was just another way they made it seem as if they were a wonderful facility that was there for these women. This is not a safe haven for women, its a cult and adoption agency! 10+ years later and I am now finally able to talk about it. I am a fantastic mother of two children and cannot imagine what my life would be like with out them. Adoption should be the mothers choice and not the facilities. They promise these adoption parents children. The staff members didn't think we listened to when they were talking but we did. Do not ever come to this place!!!