Pregnant Women Can Turn to Alternatives.Yes for Support

Pregnant Women Can Turn to Alternatives.Yes for Support

by | Mar 13, 2026 | Building a Stronger Fayette

 

Women who are pregnant and seeking resources can turn to Alternatives.Yes Pregnancy Support Ministries. The nonprofit provides services 100% free of charge, empowering women to make healthy, informed choices and supporting the family through and beyond pregnancy.

In 2025, Alternatives.Yes created an agency fund at the Community Foundation of Fayette County (CFFC) to provide a steady source of income each year. They will receive an annual grant distribution to support their nonprofit, and the fund will be invested for growth.

“We were blessed by the opportunity to set up an agency fund. This fund not only provides annual support, but its existence also loudly conveys to our donors that our ministry is committed to being a long-term presence in our community – saving lives, providing support, and improving early maternal health outcomes for years to come,” said Andrea Pritts, Alternatives.Yes Executive Director.

The creation of this fund comes after years of partnership between Alternatives.Yes and CFFC. The nonprofit has participated in Fayette Gives (CFFC’s day-of-giving) for six years, raising a total of $124,000. They have also received grants from Burchinal Family Endowment Fund and the Building a Stronger Fayette Fund, totaling $20,000 over the past five years. These grants have supported the nonprofit’s conversion to a medical facility and their ongoing programs.

photo courtesy of Alternatives.Yes

2024 was the first full year that Alternatives.Yes offered pregnancy tests and ultrasounds performed by trained medical professionals in their newly formed medical center, the Alternatives Laurel Highlands Pregnancy Center. This added to existing programs like “Earn While You Learn” – mothers earn a “baby buck” for each educational class they complete. A digital curriculum covers hundreds of topics related to pregnancy, labor/delivery, infant care, and life skills. Mothers use the “baby bucks” they earn to purchase items from the Alternatives.Yes pantry, such as car seats, strollers, cribs, clothing, toys, diapers, formula, and other supplies.

Services are also available to help other family members who are caring for an infant under the age of one, including grandparents who take emergency custody of an infant. Additionally, Alternatives.Yes provides around 1,000 referrals to clients each year, connecting them with other nonprofits and social service resources based on their needs and circumstances.

Their recent relocation to a facility at 1829 University Drive in Dunbar houses all their medical, educational, and referral services under one roof. CFFC is happy to be a source of support as they help mothers and families across Fayette County.

Featured photo: Lacey Krysak and Andrea Pritts creating an agency fund for Alternatives.Yes

 

“Earn While You Learn” for Pregnancy, Parenting, and Life Skills

“Earn While You Learn” for Pregnancy, Parenting, and Life Skills

by | Aug 7, 2019 | Building a Stronger Fayette

“The first year raising an infant is often the most difficult, so our goal is to help parents be prepared, feel comfortable, and be successful during that time,” said Executive Director Andrea Pritts. Alternatives.Yes Pregnancy Support Center provides free and confidential services to women and men experiencing a pregnancy or caring for an infant. The CFFC awarded the organization a grant to support the Earn While You Learn Pregnancy, Parenting and Life Skills Program.

The Earn While You Learn program provides “Baby Bucks” for moms and dads to spend or accumulate at the Alternatives.Yes pantry after each educational session. The pantry is stocked with baby, children, and maternity clothing, as well as diapers, washcloths, bottles, food, formula, toys, car seats, and other supplies needed for raising an infant. They provide roughly 100 free classes, which follow a curriculum, using videos, manuals, and other educational materials during sessions.

Pritts said, “We are thankful for the Community Foundation being one of our bigger grantors. We always look for new funding opportunities too.” She noted their appreciation of churches that help with diaper or clothing drives, volunteers, and pantry donations that help support the educational opportunities and material items that Altenatives.Yes provides.

The mission of Alternatives.Yes is “to help those facing pregnancy and to provide life-affirming services that protect and enhance their lives, their children, and their families through pregnancy and beyond.” Learn more about Earn While You Learn and other programs at the Alternatives.Yes website!