State of Arkansas Has Awarded $1.6M in Pro-Life Grant Funding for 2025 Budget Cycle

The State of Arkansas has awarded more than $1.6 million in publicly funded grants to pro-life pregnancy help organizations this budget cycle, according to the state’s official transparency website.

The grant funding is part of a $2 million appropriation the Arkansas Legislature approved in 2024. The grants promote maternal wellness and help pregnancy resource centers, maternity homes, adoption agencies, and other organizations that provide material support to women with unplanned pregnancies.

Arkansas does not give grant funding to abortionists or their affiliates.

Since 2022, Family Council has worked closely with elected officials in Arkansas to provide publicly funded grants to good, pro-life charities each year.

So far, 33 organizations have received funding during the 2025 budget cycle. That’s something to celebrate!

Pregnancy resource centers and similar organizations give women real options besides abortion. That’s why a growing number of states provide these organizations with public funding.

It’s important to pass laws to prohibit abortion, but we also need to assist women with unplanned pregnancies.

Family Council is working with lawmakers to continue providing grant money to pregnancy help organizations in the 2025-2026 budget cycle.

Below is a list of pregnancy help organizations and the amount of grant funding each has received from the State of Arkansas so far this fiscal year.

OrganizationDoing Business AsGrant Funding
INFORMED CHOICES WOMENS CENTER OF THE OZ$100,000.00
CRITTENDEN COUNTY CARES$50,004.00
PREGNANCY HELP CENTERPREGNANCY HELP CLINIC$50,000.00
OPTIONS A PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER INCOPTIONS$50,000.00
HEART TO HEART PREGNANCY SUPPORT CENTER$50,000.00
ST FRANCIS HOUSE NWA INCCOMMUNITY CLINIC$50,000.00
SOUTH ARKANSAS CARING PREGNANCY CENTERHANNAH PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER$50,000.00
NEW BEGINNINGS PREGNANCY HELP CENTER OF$50,000.00
OPEN ARMS PREGNANCY CENTER INC$50,000.00
ST JOSEPHS HELPERS OF PULASKI COUNTYARKANSAS PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER$50,000.00
NEW BEGINNINGS PREGNANCY CENTER$50,000.00
HOPEPLACE MONTICELLO$50,000.00
ST BERNARDS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION$50,000.00
PLUM FOUNDATIONPEACE LOVE UNDERSTANDING MERCY$50,000.00
COMPASSION MINISTRIES LTD$50,000.00
HOPEPLACE – FORDYCE$50,000.00
CHANGEPOINT PREGNANCY CARE AND PARENTING$50,000.00
ARKANSAS BAPTIST CHILDRENS HOMES AND FAMLIVING WELL COUNSELING$49,980.00
CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER OF CENTRAL ARKANCARING HEARTS PREGNANCY CENTER$49,957.34
FORT SMITH CHRISTIAN FAMILY SERVICES INC1ST CHOICE PREGNANCY MEDICAL CENTER$49,850.00
HOPE OF THE DELTA CENTER$49,349.04
DISCERNMENT LLC$49,185.00
HOPEPLACE NEWPORT$49,000.00
CRADLE THE MATERNITY SUPPORT CENTER OF CKATHLEEN BLOSSOM$49,000.00
ACTS OF HOPE INCACTS OF HOPE, PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER$48,776.00
PATHWAY RESOURCE CENTER$47,660.00
CHOICES PREGNANCY RESOURCE CLINIC INC$45,048.00
LIFES CHOICE PREGNANCY CARE CENTER$44,535.00
ASSEMBLIES OF GOD FAMILY SERVICESCOMPACT FAMILY SERVICES$44,273.00
PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER FOR SOUTHWEST$43,700.00
BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION$43,500.00
HOPES FIRST CHOICE PREGNANCY RESOURCE CE$26,415.00
CENTRAL BAPTIST ASSOCIATIONBREATH OF LIFE PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER$26,249.00
TOTAL$1,616,481.38

Senate Committee Passes Bad Bill Limiting What Injury Victims Can Receive in Damages

On Wednesday the Senate Judiciary Committee passed H.B. 1204, a measure limiting what people can receive in damages when they are injured through no fault of their own.

Right now, when innocent people are injured because of someone else’s negligence or misconduct, they can go to court to make the guilty party pay for their injuries.

The person or business who caused the injury cannot use the injured person’s insurance to reduce the damages they owe.

Courts can review evidence and award appropriate damages based on the facts of the case.

This ensures injured people get fair compensation for harm that others do to them.

H.B. 1204 would limit what innocent people can recover in damages when someone injures them through no fault of their own.

Under H.B. 1204, the wrongdoer could use the victim’s insurance to reduce what they have to pay. In other words, the wrongdoer would get a discount at the expense of the victim.

You can read more about why Family Council opposes this bill here.

H.B. 1204 passed the Arkansas House of Representatives last week. It now goes to the entire Arkansas Senate for a vote.

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