Parenting, securing an income or a home and coping with everyday life - single parents are left to their own devices in many areas. This often means a tireless effort and frequently pushes those affected to the limits of their strength and capabilities.
There is a wide range of services for precisely these cases - from family centers to advice centers for returning to work. All of them offer help and support or serve as valuable points of contact to get in touch with like-minded people.
Offers for single mothers and fathers
In addition to services for all families, the state capital of Stuttgart also offers special services for single mothers and fathers. For young single mothers in particular, the Youth Welfare Office provides two residential facilities to make it easier for them to start family life.
Contact: Claudia Räder and Sonya Weisenburger-Fauth
The Youth Welfare Office manages two mother-and-child homes on behalf of the Ingrid Ritter Foundation in Stuttgart-Vaihingen and Plieningen. They each offer eight residential units for single mothers and their children. Further information can be found on the MuK Häuser website (opens in a new tab).
Contact: Sabine Noblé | 01520-9289909 | mukstuttgartde
Working group single parents
The Working Group for Single Parents is an association of experts who advise, care for and support mothers and fathers in their situation. The working group includes representatives from social institutions and municipal advice centers. With its commitment, it carries out important lobbying work for families with only one parent. The following institutions are currently represented:
- Office for Social Affairs and Participation of the City of Stuttgart
- BeFF - contact point for women and work, Stuttgart (opens in a new tab)
- BIF advice center, advice and information for women (opens in a new tab)
- donum vitae, pregnancy counseling (opens in a new tab)
- Parent-Child Center Stuttgart-West (opens in a new tab)
- Evangelical Society (eva), counseling center for pregnant women (opens in a new tab)
- Frauen helfen Frauen e. V., autonomous women's shelter: Frauen helfen Frauen e.V. (opens in a new tab)
- Mother and child center Weraheim (opens in a new tab)
- Pro Familia counseling center Stuttgart (opens in a new tab)
- Social Service of Catholic Women (opens in a new tab)
- Municipal counseling center for pregnancy issues and pregnancy conflicts
- Municipal parenting seminar
- Association of single mothers and fathers, Baden-Württemberg regional association (VAMV) (opens in a new tab)
The working group meets approximately every six weeks. The main aim is to support single mothers and fathers. The focus is also on exchanging ideas with other professionals, internal training and information, for example on changes to the law, as well as working together on specialist issues.
Contact: Department for Equal Opportunities
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