State of Arkansas Has Awarded Nearly $1.7M to Pro-Life Pregnancy Help Organizations This Year
This fiscal year, the State of Arkansas has awarded nearly $1.7 million to pro-life pregnancy help organizations.
Act 125 of 2024 by Sen. John Payton (R — Wilburn) authorized $2 million in grant funding to support pregnancy help organizations and maternal and infant wellness in Arkansas.
That funding has provided grants to pregnancy resource centers, maternity homes, adoption agencies, and other organizations that provide material support to women with unplanned pregnancies.
Since 2022, Family Council has worked closely with elected officials in Arkansas to provide publicly funded grants to good, pro-life charities.
So far, 35 pregnancy help organizations have received grant funding this year to help women and children in Arkansas. 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.
| PREGNANCY CENTER | GRANT AMOUNT | |
| INFORMED CHOICES WOMENS CENTER OF THE OZ | $100,000.00 | |
| CRITTENDEN COUNTY CARES | 50,004.00 | |
| NEW BEGINNINGS PREGNANCY CENTER | 50,000.00 | |
| ST FRANCIS HOUSE NWA INC | COMMUNITY CLINIC | 50,000.00 |
| PLUM FOUNDATION | PEACE LOVE UNDERSTANDING MERCY | 50,000.00 |
| ST BERNARDS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION | 50,000.00 | |
| NEW BEGINNINGS PREGNANCY HELP CENTER OF | 50,000.00 | |
| HOPEPLACE – FORDYCE | 50,000.00 | |
| CHANGEPOINT PREGNANCY CARE AND PARENTING | 50,000.00 | |
| PREGNANCY HELP CENTER | PREGNANCY HELP CLINIC | 50,000.00 |
| ST JOSEPHS HELPERS OF PULASKI COUNTY | ARKANSAS PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER | 50,000.00 |
| HOPEPLACE MONTICELLO | 50,000.00 | |
| OPTIONS A PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER INC | OPTIONS | 50,000.00 |
| OPEN ARMS PREGNANCY CENTER INC | 50,000.00 | |
| HEART TO HEART PREGNANCY SUPPORT CENTER | 50,000.00 | |
| COMPASSION MINISTRIES LTD | 50,000.00 | |
| SOUTH ARKANSAS CARING PREGNANCY CENTER | HANNAH PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER | 50,000.00 |
| ARKANSAS BAPTIST CHILDRENS HOMES AND FAM | LIVING WELL COUNSELING | 49,980.00 |
| CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER OF CENTRAL ARKAN | CARING HEARTS PREGNANCY CENTER | 49,957.34 |
| ABUNDANT LIFE PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER | 49,876.00 | |
| FORT SMITH CHRISTIAN FAMILY SERVICES INC | 1ST 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 C | KATHLEEN BLOSSOM | 49,000.00 |
| ACTS OF HOPE INC | ACTS 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 SERVICES | COMPACT 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 ASSOCIATION | BREATH OF LIFE PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER | 26,249.00 |
| ARKANSAS PREGNANCY NETWORK | 20,423.82 | |
| TOTAL | $1,686,781.20 |
