SHYM in the News
- Single moms’ Stepping Stone The Chronicle Herald-Arts & Life (29/01/2011)
- A Hand Up For Young Moms Dartmouth-Cole Harbour Weekly News (26/10/2007)
- Community Baby Shower in Urgent Need of Support Community (Milford) The Weekly Press (20/07/2007)
- Helping Young Mothers Get Ahead Dartmouth-Cole Harbour Weekly News (11/05/2007)
- Community Baby Shower for Moms, babies Halifax The Daily News (30/04/2007)
Media Contact
Executive Director
Wendy Fraser
902-465-2212
Research
- Building Community: The Story of Supportive Housing for Young Mothers (SHYM)
- Read a research article about the feasibility of an in house school program at SHYM.
- Exploring In-House High School Models For Young Mothers
- Read the Annotated Bibliography for indepth research relating to the rational behide the formation of SHYM. Includes citations for the following:
- Community of Caring Effects on Adolescent Mothers: A Program Evaluation Case Study
- Adolescent Repeat Pregnancies: An Evaluation Study of a Comprehensive Service Program for Pregnant and Parenting Black Adolescents
- Research and Programs for Adolescent Mothers: Missing Links and Future Promises
- Teen living programs for young mothers receiving welfare: An analysis of implementation and issues in service delivery
- Teenage Childbearing and Welfare Reform: Lessons from a Decade of Demonstration and Evaluation Research
- Social Services Construct the Teen Mother
- Including Young Mothers: Limitations to New Labour’s Strategy for Supporting Teenage Parents
- Discursive Struggles Within Social Welfare: Restaging Teen Motherhood
- Beyond the state: conceptualizing protection in community settings
- Becoming Responsible: Young Mothers’ Decision Making Regarding Motherhood and Abortion
- A Review of Teen-Tot Programs: Comprehensive Clinical Care for Parents and Their Children
- Health and social services for pregnant and parenting high risk teens
- Adolescent Mothers in a Transitional Living Facility: An Exploratory Study of Support Networks and Attachment Patterns
- Outcomes of Teen Parenting Programs in New Mexico
- Teenage parents and welfare reform: Findings from a survey of teenagers affected by living requirements
- A consumer view of teen living programs: Teen parents’ satisfaction with program components and services
- After the Adolescent Pregnancy: Parents, Teens and Families
- Understanding Adolescent Parenting: The Dimensions and Functions of Social Support
- The Effects of a Family Support Program and Other Factors on the Home Environments Provided by Adolescent Mothers
- … And many, many more