Nearly two decades ago Catrina Davis was a scared teen from a dysfunctional home with a baby on the way. Today, her son Marquis is planning for college yet Davis herself is about to become unemployed. The mother of three has been working in Rosalie Hall, the very place that helped the scared teen become a mother, which is now set to be closed after 50 years.

Community leaders are now demanding answers as to why the city's Administration for Children's Services (ACS) did not renew Rosalie Hall's contract which cares for some 100 pregnant teens from the foster care system each year.

"We appreciate the contributions of all our providers, but this was a competitive process in which we sought the highest level of quality of services for our children and their families," said ACS spokesperson Laura Postiglione. "Regardless of any changes to our system, we ensure that all of our children will continue to receive the care and services they need."

Rosalie Hall officials submitted their proposal in August to renew their contract. Three weeks ago they were notified by ACS that their contract would not be renewed. The ACS contract was for $1.3 million to run maternity residence and social services at Rosalie Hall for the entire year. The contracts come up for renewal during a competitive bidding process every nine years.

"We are the only program that is designed to deal with emotionally and physically fragile kids," said Rosalie Hall's Executive Director Steven Parker.

Many of the clients are emotionally and physically abused. They come from backgrounds of drug abuse and HIV in homes. According to Parker, 90 percent of the mothers who go through the program at Rosalie Hall keep their children, as opposed to putting them up for adoption.

Rosalie Hall has been a part of the foster care system since it started in New York. The program gives the girls a home and provides them with the proper services and teaches them the proper social skills.

"We have a quality program," Parker said.

The average age of the mothers is 16. The candidates are African-American, Caribbean and Hispanic.

Rosalie Hall is unique in that is has a direct link to a medical facility. Montefiore Medical Center took over the Our Lady of Mercy Hospital next door to Rosalie Hall and the program has a direct link to medical care at the hospital.

"I think the commissioner is making a horrible mistake. The Rosalie Hall model has proven successful," said Rev. Richard Gorman, chairman of Community Board 12.

Davis has worked as a child care worker at Rosalie Hall for the past two and a half years. She was a resident in 1991 when she was 17. Davis said she learned how to be a good parent from the peer mentoring program. She was taught self awareness and self esteem as well as how to handle raising a child.

"I didn't think I could get pregnant and I became a baby having a baby. I didn't have anyone to talk to me until I came to Rosalie Hall," she said. "It made me the woman I am today. I had an excellent support system."

Today Davis has three children. That son Marquis she did not know how to raise until she arrived at Rosalie Hall is now 18 and has dreams of studying engineering at college.