Seton Home strives to provide access to a great number of teen mothers, but cannot keep up with the demand in this community. In an average year, Seton Home will turn away over 250 teen moms and their babies, and with teen pregnancy rates growing, will continue to do so. An expansion project was necessary to provide stability and safety to the young at-risk families of South Texas.

In response to the needs of the community, Seton Home has constructed a 24-unit transitional living center, Seton Home Center for Teen Moms, that serves 40 moms and their babies. We will now be able to serve 100 mothers and their babies on an annual basis.  The  single-story new construction facility consists of 24 efficiency apartments of approximately 500 square feet each. Residents moved into the new facility in May of 2006.   // view floor plan

The apartments include:

     Kitchen and bath
     Built-in kitchen table
     Living and sleeping areas separated by built-in shelving

The building also includes:

An essential component to transitional housing is the Childcare and Family Life Center, which includes:

Our target goal of $8.2M has been reached!  Our campaign strategy used a combination of government, corporate, foundation and individual support in the most effective manner, each source being used to leverage the other sources. An integral component to this strategy was securing significant tax credits, which  provide nearly half of the original campaign goal of $6.6M. The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) awarded us the tax credits in August 2004, that resulted in the proceeds of $3.14 million toward the new construction.  An additional $191,000 was awarded in November 2006 due to the increase in construction costs following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.