The Houston Birthing Connection works through direct integration between community institutions, schools, including the hospitals where a teen parent chooses to receive medical care, the school she will graduate from, the college or technical program they will attend in the future, plus any other places where she receives social support, such as churches, counseling agencies, volunteer organizations, and other social groups, in order to provide a maximum amount of value and services to each teen parent. Teen Parent Coordinators contact teen parents in need of the Houston Birthing Connection's support services through the local undeserved high schools, and help establish the relationship between the teen parent and the hospital helping to decrease the mortality rates with teen parents. Houston Birthing Connection provides a "Birthing Plan" plan for every teen parent.
The Houston Birthing Connection does actively solicit donations, all visitors who would like to contribute may do so via this website. By maintaining strong relationships with the hospitals and schools, as well as generating word-of-mouth referrals from students' family and friends, the program will continue to stay active and adaptive. Over time, the Houston Birthing Connection will encourage a change in students' outlooks that will combat the cycle of hopelessness, depression, and neglect that often accompanies unplanned pregnancies, leading to a healthier, more connected community. The program's primary short term goal is to encourage every student paired with a Teen Parent Coordinator to complete her high school diploma or GED. This accomplishment is a concrete step towards better careers, increased senses of self-worth, and a healthier life for new families. Other short-term goals are the creation of a wider range of life skills classes, mentoring program, a variety of special community classes such as Overcoming Challenges, and Reconnecting The Youth are a series of fundraising classes to generate the capital needed to finance support of this charity to bring support/services to the teen parents. The Houston Birthing Connection's long-term goals include the establishment of a child care center and charter school, to provide students with a sanctuary. We hope that the investment we make in these individuals – helping them overcome their setbacks, encouraging of their self-worth, and preparing them for a successful future by escaping poverty with their new born baby will manifest a change in our community, bringing us all closer together.