The Bridge Project, a first-of-its-kind program, helps unhoused mothers before childbirth and up to three years after.

News 12's spoke with a Brooklyn mother about how the program helped her and her daughter.

"My fight or flight kicked in and I knew I had to take action,” said Briana Drummer, a mother in the Bridge Project program.

Drummer says she was a first-time mom, unhoused, alone and left with no one to turn to.

"A lot of support was not there,” said Drummer.

Drummer says the Bridge Project aided her in a time of need.

"Stability, definitely, with gaining different supplies for my daughter and also for me to feel comfortable if I felt like I needed to go to the emergency room,” said Drummer.

She is one of 161 women that is a part of the city-funded program. All of them are low-income and unhoused or at risk of being unhoused.

The Bridge Project gives mothers shelter and a guaranteed income.

They get $2,500 before birth, $1,000 per month for the first 15 months and $500 a month for the final 21 months.

"Trickle you off. So it's like giving, like, OK, we're taking this ladder step by step down, but we need you to, like, build that bridge on your own,” said Drummer.

Along with financial help, she says they gave her supplies and access to parenting classes.

"They also opened me up to new opportunities and the knowledge I needed to be able to take care of my daughter,” said Drummer.

Drummer says with the help of the program she was able to enroll in college and is on her way to get her bachelor's degree in psychology.

"With their gratification, it gave me that motivation inside to continue and to still reach for the stars because it's still possible” said Drummer.

A spokesperson for the program said they are not accepting new applicants yet but plan on expanding the program soon.