I came in to the center unsure of my options. And feeling lost and alone. They helped me with every…read moreresource available for single moms and gave me confidence I could continue with my pregnancy. This is my first pregnancy and it was unplanned. They were very kind and knowledgeable. Deff recommend going in if you are in a similar situation!

I just wanna say that I've been going to this place for my whole pregnancy. I have two more months…read moreleft and I really love this place. They have helped me out so much. I honestly don't know what I would have done if I didn't meet these wonderful ladies so I definitely recommend any woman that needs help or any family that needs help to come to them pregnant mommy's don't be scared to ask help. And they will pray with you and keep blessings in your life. And for your new bundle of joy coming into this world..

first and foremost id like to say I have a twin sister that went to this program in need for help…read morewhile pregnant she boasted about this place and truly admired how she was treated there at the program. As For Me Unfortunately I got the complete opposite the girls who are staying they're are very comfortable and give off a bully mean girl like approach to girls that come in. Amy the director does not speak up on how the house should be a great atmosphere not a bully haven. i was the only one pregnant there the other girls have had they're children and seems like they plan on staying for years in no hope of moving because of how comfortable they are, the girls currently here don't know to how clean behind themselves and if you speak up for it your deemed the bad guy. I'd say unless your ready to be bullied by the mean girls this isn't the place for you at this point it even seems like amy is afraid to speak up as well because of how clicked up they are, there is no order. one of the girls left bloody underwear in our shared bathroom and amy was quick to tell me about the girls saying I didn't do my chores but was hesitant on speaking up about the underwear. I'm sure they'll be there all of 2025 so for any girls looking to stay here look else where! drama filled environment very invasive, I was not offered any resources as far as education or other help nor did I receive baby clothes etc and I'm 6 months pregnant now so I don't know when she was deciding to help me but I am employed so I have been buying my own. To the donors your money isn't going where you think it's going to the company to pay for mothers with children not pregnant mothers in need. Divine mercy house needs help and intervention, this place is not going by the books!

The directors welcomed me into the home while I was pregnant. They bought me gifts and a container…read moreof hygiene items. I had my own room, my own bathroom, and a changing station for my baby. Whatever I wanted to eat all I had to do was put it on a list, and give it to them. They went and got it. :-) In the beginning it was nice. The volunteers were too absorbed in the guest moms that resided there. Moms felt like they were being investigated by the volunteers because everything that they talked to the volunteers about they would tattle to the directors. The volunteers could not be trusted to keep anything to themselves. Moms always felt on guard. There were too many instructions posted throughout the home. It was way too legalistic there. There would be instructions prohibiting anyone from adjusting the air conditioning, instructing guests to always close the pantry door, requirements to write down one's full schedule and explain where the guest would be and when the guest would return, curfews began to get enforced, criticism would be given out if schedule was not to the directors' liking, volunteers would be in the mom's face as soon as she walked in the door, volunteers would nag in the morning about moms being exposed too much by going to so many places, demands were put in for moms to wash their hands and change their clothes upon entering the house, if the volunteers did not see the moms washing their hands because they were in the bathroom, then they would make wild accusations to the directors, moms would be forced to read Catholic faith material in the morning, directors would call moms on the phone with wild accusations about not doing chores, the way moms reared their children would be criticized, directors would put guests' children on written schedules, guests on an organized chart for chores, threaten to contact the police if mom's did not provide full accounts of where they would be throughout the day, et cetera. Even if the guest mom was new and did not know the rules yet the volunteer would tattle to administration about that. There would be too many board meetings designed to control the moms on a schedule while at the mercy house, write more letters enforcing more rules, and spending way too much time policizing the guests. Volunteers would come into the room or in the bathroom if guests did not hear them calling. That's an invasion of privacy. Moms are required to sign over their constitutional rights to privacy as collateral for residing there. Moms' rooms and belongings were subject to search at any time for any reason by any board member or director. Long notes criticizing what was in the room would be left. Long notes about chores and threatening to make moms move out would be left. Conditions became more restrictive and more stressful as COVID infections began to spread. No guests were permitted into the home anymore. Residents were not allowed to visit with their families. No males were allowed in the house. If a mom had a schedule that started early in the morning, then the volunteer would have to get up to let the mom out for work or whatever was in her schedule. Residents were not allowed to have a key, and any infraction of the rules resulted in being counseled at least twice or thrice by both directors and the volunteers. Gossip, lies, and misunderstandings took place as a result of so many people being involved in communicating with residents. The director accused me of lying once instead of asking more questions about something she did not understand. Board members were prejudiced to moms of different races and backgrounds. It became increasingly stressful communicating with directors, and the residents that lasted the longest at the Divine Mercy House were those that did not talk to administration and/or board members for months. The more open you were to communicating with them, the more restrictions were imposed either through talking or writing. I did not realize that until after being there. I was someone that genuinely needed the services that this place had to offer but they acted like they owned the residents as though residents had to continually keep explaining themselves. It was economically abusive there. I was pregnant and living in an abusive family situation. I slept on the floor. I was not on the lease. My brothers contaminated my food and found other ways to harass me by damaging my property. Whenever it came down to deciding to meet my own needs or keep supporting my family I would choose my family and my needs would still not be met. I would still be suffering. I needed the housing offered at this place because there was no room for me and my baby at Pinewood Point building 7. After I delivered my baby, brothers still demonstrated carelessness and they showed material support out of obligation to the head of household's requests. Being at the Divine Mercy House would have been less stressful after delivery, but there were just too many rules.

An under-funded NPO doing a great amount of Good for Palatka, supporting, educating & helping…read morepregnant women, fathers of unborn children, parents with young babies. Mentor program, counseling, free sonograms, Mommy-to-be store... volunteers valued & needed to serve the community by donating time, skills & resources here!

This place says they give quality medical care, but it wasn't the case- they do STI screening with…read morea side of shame, and ultrasounds with so much talking you can't think. They care about the baby, but not so much me in the stirrups. No real health or doctor-types on staff when I was there. Would not recommend for real healthcare.

This is an anti-abortion counseling center. This place does not offer abortions. This place does…read morenot provide abortion referrals. If you need an abortion, you will not get help here. If you have a high risk pregnancy, or pregnancy complications, they do not have doctors here to help. This is not an obgyn's office. This is not a medical facility, despite the name. If you would like to take religious based life skills classes, they will give you free diapers, and free baby clothes. Under their website tab, "Women's Health," there isn't much about childbirth or healthy pregnancy.