Sidewalk presence
Volunteers offer a calm invitation, listen without pressure, and help women and couples know they are not alone.
LIFEHOUSE is where hope lives for women in the Valley.
LIFEHOUSE is RTLCA's outreach center in Fresno, created for women and couples facing unplanned pregnancy, pressure, fear, or isolation. It is a place to be heard, loved, and connected to practical support.
100+ Babies saved since 2019
1,000+ Women and couples heard and loved since 2019
40+ Sidewalk volunteers weekly
50+ Dedicated Outreach Center volunteers
What LIFEHOUSE does.
Most women considering abortion are not looking for a slogan. They are carrying real pressure: finances, relationships, housing, family reactions, work, school, and fear about what happens next.
LIFEHOUSE is a compassionate response to that pressure. Our team offers a place to breathe, a person to listen, and a path toward resources that can make choosing life feel possible.
Practical support
Moms can receive maternity clothes, baby supplies, rent help, baby showers, referrals, and steady follow-up.
A community of hope
Prayer partners, volunteers, donors, and local resources work together so one hard week does not define a family's future.
Why this work matters.
A woman can walk into an abortion appointment believing there is no other way. A single conversation can help her feel seen instead of cornered. Real support can turn panic into a plan.
733 N Fulton Street Fresno, CA 93728
From this center, the sidewalk team, prayer partners, and support network stay close to women at the moment help can matter most.
Harmony
Harmony had already made up her mind to have an abortion. After heartfelt conversations with the team, she began to see a future she had not dared imagine and chose life. Her baby girl is thriving.
Zayda
Zayda was nineteen and scared when the team invited her into the Outreach Center. She and her partner explored their options without pressure or judgment, chose life, and are now thriving as a family.
Kiana
Kiana was five months pregnant, stretched thin, and trying to prepare for a new baby. LIFEHOUSE helped with clothes, rent, check-ins, a baby shower, and employment resources.
Sidewalk Story: Kiana
Kiana was five months pregnant when she connected with LIFEHOUSE. She and her partner were working hard, but they were stretched thin and unsure how they would prepare for their baby. The team stepped in with maternity clothes, rent help, regular check-ins, a baby shower, and employment resources, then kept walking with the family after her baby arrived.
Read the full storyJoin the LIFEHOUSE text group.
LIFEHOUSE has moments when the team needs immediate prayer: a conversation beginning, a woman deciding what to do next, a family asking for help, or a volunteer preparing to show up on the sidewalk.
Text "LIFE" to 559.545.0939 to receive LIFEHOUSE text messages from the team.
The work is personal, local, and steady.
The building matters because the people matter. LIFEHOUSE gives volunteers, donors, prayer partners, and women in crisis a place where support can become concrete.
Help hope live here.
Your gift helps keep the doors open, volunteers equipped, resources ready, and women supported before and after the moment of decision.