Take Ownership of Your Tomorrow
From the moment you find out you’re pregnant to the moment you feel confident in your decision, Viable Options® is here for you. We provide a safe environment where you can process your thoughts, fears, desires, and needs—equipping you with information in order to make an informed choice that is all your own, and advocating on your behalf to the agencies best equipped to provide solutions for the obstacles you face. Schedule your free appointment today.
55% of all pregnancies in NY are unexpected, but that doesn’t mean your future needs to be.
Our Services
All of our services are provided free of cost through the generous support of community members like you.
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Pregnancy Decision Counseling
- Providing a safe place where women and their partners can freely process their thoughts, emotions, needs, and desires
- Helping to identify the most pressing obstacles and pressures in their lives (i.e., education/career, financial difficulties, family dysfunction, relationship issues, substance abuse, housing needs, etc.)
- Exploring each potential outcome (parenting, abortion, adoption) in light of their values, present circumstances, and future hopes
- Identifying the beliefs most important to them in order to empower a values-based decision, while also exploring potential pressures causing additional confusion or distress (i.e., pressure from religious community, feelings of shame, fear of being judged, etc.)
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Education on Pregnancy, Abortion, & Birth
- Providing women and men with an educational overview of pregnancy, abortion, and birth
- Enabling a confident choice by facilitating
a thorough exploration of each course and providing answers to clients’ most pressing questions and concerns
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Adoption Exploration & Navigation
- Navigation of local adoption resources
- Education on the process of adoption
- Assessment of confidence in the decision to pursue an adoption plan
- Customized creation of birth/hospital plan
- Advocacy on behalf of client to all necessary legal, social service, familial, and medical representatives
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Client Advocacy & Social Services Coordination
- Reaching out to local organizations and leveraging pre-existing relationships with department heads, program directors, etc. to find the best possible solutions for our clients
- Creating an action plan specific to their needs and advocating on their behalf to local agencies and providers
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Medical Care Referrals & Navigation
- Helping clients through the process of seeking solutions for their medical needs by advocating on their behalf to the professional medical community
- Providing ongoing assistance and guidance to ensure that they feel confident and cared for (i.e., help with applications, phone calls, intake processes, appointments, etc.)
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Teen Pregnancy Counseling & Support
- Processing and clarifying emotions, desires, and needs
- Identifying external pressures
- Assistance in understanding and navigating the options and resources available to pregnant minors
- Relational mediation with parent(s), teacher(s), counselor(s), and/or partner
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Family Mediation (with partner, parents, etc.)
- Helping to explore and strengthen clients' relational support systems
- Facilitating healthy communication between clients and their closest community (i.e., family members, partners, etc.)
Make an Appointment
Appointments are available in-person or virtually.
Confident Decisions Empower Confident Futures
Facing a pregnancy decision is not always easy and is never simple. Your choice to parent, terminate, or place for adoption is significant. And you don’t have to navigate this journey alone. Whether you were planning to be pregnant, are undecided about what to do, are unsure of the resources available, or simply need to talk with someone, our doors are open and our services are free and confidential whenever you need them.
What does it cost?
Thanks to the support of our community, our services are available free of cost for all who need them. No need for insurance. No need for a payment plan. No need to limit the number of appointments. We are here to offer care and support—equipping you to make a confident choice which will empower your today and your tomorrow.
Concerned about transportation?
No transportation? No problem! We partner with professional agencies, schools, and community organizations across the county and are ready to send our advocates directly to your area. Schedule an appointment and we will work to secure a safe space in your community in which to meet with you.
Find Us
Address
11 Court Street, Canton, NY 13617
Metered parking is available on the street and in the lot behind Viable Options with limited free parking spaces available at the rear of the building.
Hours
Monday – Friday, 10am – 5pm
Closed all federal holidays.
Appointments available outside these hours upon request.
Partner With Us
Why Support Viable Options?
Going beyond the political ideology and debate that so often influences the world of pregnancy, Viable Options is pioneering a new model of care within our community and culture which focuses on the value and dignity of the individual and brings an awareness of the needs that they face. Viable Options works to restore autonomy and decisional ownership to women and men facing a pregnancy decision by alleviating external pressures which often cause them to feel that they have no control over the outcome.
But it doesn’t end there. It is communities that change communities and hope for those facing a pregnancy decision lies your willingness to play an active role in becoming the answer to their needs.
Spread Awareness
Utilize your unique relationships within your workplace, your house of worship, your community, or your family to share with others about the work of Viable Options and to help connect us with those who most need our support.
Monthly Giving
Whether it’s $10$30$75 or $100 per month, you have an opportunity today to invest in the mission of Viable Options and to be part of bringing hope to those in our county facing a pregnancy decision.
Be the Answer
Each of our roles may look different, but we all have a role to play. Whether that is helping someone to make an appointment or coming with them to Viable Options, our involvement must reach further than the voting booth and must be lived outside of pews and political conventions. Hope is afforded to those facing a pregnancy decision when each person takes part in creating and sustaining a culture where their needs are fully met.