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The Wiregrass Hope Pregnancy Center is preparing to expand its services in 2026 following unprecedented growth throughout 2025.
Executive Director Susan Anderson said the organization has leased a new building and plans to move into the space in early spring. The expansion will allow the center to better meet the increasing needs of families across the Wiregrass.
As part of the growth, the pregnancy center will launch a separate counseling facility. This move will free up space at the organization’s original location, allowing it to expand pregnancy-related services and better accommodate clients.
Anderson said the center has also seen a significant increase in demand for fatherhood services. Plans are underway to add additional meeting space specifically for fathers.
“Our fatherhood numbers have been really up, so we’ll add an additional fatherhood client meeting space as well,” Anderson said.
In addition to serving more fathers, the organization has identified a growing need among housing-insecure pregnant women.
“We’re seeing more housing-insecure women that are coming to us,” Anderson said.
To address that need, the center plans to open a satellite location in partnership with Love in Action’s Good Samaritan Clinic. The new location will offer pregnancy testing and sexually transmitted infection testing as part of an effort to combat rising STI rates in Alabama.
Anderson said the organization is looking ahead with optimism as it prepares for the coming year.
“We’re anxious to see what 2026 is going to hold for the ministry,” she said.
The Wiregrass Hope Pregnancy Center is currently seeking volunteers and financial support to help further its mission of serving young families in the area.
For more information, call 334-463-9436.
