Pregnancy center relocation due at former clinic
Relocation of the Pregnancy Center of the Illinois Valley to the former location of Siskiyou Community Health Center is planned.
“The boards have met and reached agreement, and the lease is signed,” said Mary Lefner, pregnancy center director.
The move from the nearby, current location on S. Junction Avenue will nearly triple the space available. This will allow having a formal classroom/conference room, a larger Mommy Market, additional counseling rooms, a computer training room, and clinical space, she said.
Details of adding medical services are to be discussed during a banquet in September. Meanwhile, the center is working with valley contractors for remodeling.
A target date for the relocation will be set after remodeling plans are approved by the new landlord, the I.V. Medical Center Board of Directors.
Said Lefner, “With the addition of a formal classroom, we will be able to enhance our Earn While You Learn program, and provide more education and coaching to our clients.
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“Having a quiet, structured room will set a better tone for the learning environment,” she said, “and provide more privacy for clients. This will encourage better communication and a more serious level of discussion about making improvements and turning around lives.”
She added that the board and staff of the pregnancy center “have been praying for years about adding select medical services. This would include a nurse with limited medical ultrasound to help clients understand the reality of life in the womb, even at early stages.”
Lefner concluded that, “The board and staff are absolutely thrilled with this development, and the doors of opportunity that God is opening for the pregnancy center and its clients.”
