North Carolina: New Start Homes Program is providing teen moms with the resources they need to be succesful [Video]

LOCAL PROGRAM, STEPPING IN AND OFFERING HELP TO PREGNANT TEENS IN FORSYTH COUNTY. JOSHUA DAVIS IS IN WINSTON-SALEM, WHERE HE SPOKE TO THE FOUNDER ABOUT THIS CRITICAL RESOURCE. REPORTER. THE PROGRAM IS CALLED NEW START HOMES AND IT LAUNCHED EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE PROGRAM OFFERS RESOURCES RANGING FROM HEALTH CARE TO CHILD CARE TO SAFE AND SECURE HOUSING FOR YOUNG MOMS, SPECIFICALLY TEEN MOMS, SOMETHING THE FOUNDER UNDERSTANDS FROM FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE. I WAS HOMELESS, I WAS LOST, AND THERE WAS LITTLE TO NO HELP. MARSHA TWIGGS WAS 19 AND PREGNANT WHEN SHE HAD HER FIRST DAUGHTER. SHE SAYS IT WAS A DIFFICULT TIME FOR HER AND IT’S INSPIRED HER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE TRIAD. I DECIDED THAT I DIDN’T WANT ANY MORE GIRLS TO GO THROUGH WHAT I WENT THROUGH. TWIGGS FOUNDED THE NEW START HOME PROGRAM CONNECTING TEEN MOMS TO RESOURCES AND SUPPORT DURING THE BIGGEST MOMENT …