Helping families succeed at Notre Dame 

The Notre Dame Family Resource Center (FRC) provides support services to married, parenting, and/or pregnant students to ensure all families thrive at Notre Dame. Through year-round educational and social programming, the FRC is dedicated to building community for Notre Dame’s married, parenting, and/or pregnant students and their families and to working with established partners throughout the University to connect these students with resources to enhance their intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual formation.

Are you pregnant? We are here to help. Here are some resources we offer:

1. The Closet: offers free practical resources, including: diapers, maternity clothes, infant clothes and limited formula.  

   • In the Fall of 2023, we... 
     • Served 41 families and 73 children
     • Gave away: 
       • 112 packages of wipes
       • 3,157 diapers 
       • 1,096 pullups 
       • 25 adult and children coats
       • 150 outfits for children aged newborn to 5 years
     • Had 14 women in the maternity clothes exchange program

2. Our home at Beichner Hall: offers a playroom for you and your children, a lactation room, a meeting room, library and a gathering/game area.

3. Free one-on-one mentoring with an FRC Senior Fellow to help address specific logistical difficulties you may have and offer emotional support.

4. We are home to a community of married, parenting and pregnant students, with regular social events, mother and father support groups, structured play times with age appropriate activites, and more! 

5. The university offers many more resources, including: lactation rooms around campus, counselling, health services, and more! See more at our Married and Parenting Student Resources section of the website.

Interested in joining the FRC or renewing your membership? 
The online registration form may be found in our Beichner Hall Section. Paper copies are available too!

Please note that all ND students must register annually to participate in FRC events and use Beichner Hall.  Click on the link above to complete the online registration form.  2024-2025 registration will start in June.

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