Janiece Malone, a maternal coach with Omega CDC, works directly with pregnant moms like Melisha McIntosh to help build a stable future.

My role is to really be their accountability partner.

Most of our families already have goals that they're interested in making, interested in completing.

So some of my goals, like for the most recent one, seeing that my kid is about to go back to school, you know we just we take a little bit at a time i mean it just feels good to actually just be able to sit down and talk to someone who you know cares about you you know who cares about you cares about your birth who cares to support you you are being here today i'm

gonna bring out a bridge In most cases, it can be life changing.

You never know what can be done in a year and how things can turn around in a year.

Our program could be for some people a year, some people more.

And it could look like facing homelessness while being pregnant to now having your baby, having a home, gaining transportation, being in school.