Arkansas Awards $1.9M+ to Pregnancy Help Organizations for 2025 Budget Cycle
The State of Arkansas has awarded more than $1.9 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 with the Arkansas Legislature and the governor to secure funding every year for pregnancy resource centers. These state-funded grants have helped support dozens of charities that assist women and children in Arkansas.
Arkansas’ fiscal year ends on June 30. To date, 35 organizations have received funding this 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.
This year Family Council was pleased to work with lawmakers to secure another $2 million in grant money for pregnancy help organizations in the state’s upcoming 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.
| Organization | Doing Business As | Grant Funding |
| INFORMED CHOICES WOMENS CENTER OF THE OZ | $128,474.43 | |
| HEART TO HEART PREGNANCY SUPPORT CENTER | $81,321.88 | |
| OPEN ARMS PREGNANCY CENTER INC | $81,321.00 | |
| ARKANSAS BAPTIST CHILDRENS HOMES AND FAM | LIVING WELL COUNSELING | $81,301.88 |
| CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER OF CENTRAL ARKAN | CARING HEARTS PREGNANCY CENTER | $81,209.26 |
| PATHWAY RESOURCE CENTER | $78,981.88 | |
| LIFES CHOICE PREGNANCY CARE CENTER | $75,856.88 | |
| CRITTENDEN COUNTY CARES | $50,004.00 | |
| HOPEPLACE MONTICELLO | $50,000.00 | |
| HOPEPLACE – FORDYCE | $50,000.00 | |
| PREGNANCY HELP CENTER | PREGNANCY HELP CLINIC | $50,000.00 |
| CHANGEPOINT PREGNANCY CARE AND PARENTING | $50,000.00 | |
| ST FRANCIS HOUSE NWA INC | COMMUNITY CLINIC | $50,000.00 |
| OPTIONS A PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER INC | OPTIONS | $50,000.00 |
| NEW BEGINNINGS PREGNANCY HELP CENTER OF | $50,000.00 | |
| PLUM FOUNDATION | PEACE LOVE UNDERSTANDING MERCY | $50,000.00 |
| NEW BEGINNINGS PREGNANCY CENTER | $50,000.00 | |
| COMPASSION MINISTRIES LTD | $50,000.00 | |
| ST BERNARDS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION | $50,000.00 | |
| SOUTH ARKANSAS CARING PREGNANCY CENTER | HANNAH PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER | $50,000.00 |
| ST JOSEPHS HELPERS OF PULASKI COUNTY | ARKANSAS PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER | $50,000.00 |
| 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 | |
| CRADLE THE MATERNITY SUPPORT CENTER OF C | KATHLEEN BLOSSOM | $49,000.00 |
| HOPEPLACE NEWPORT | $49,000.00 | |
| ACTS OF HOPE INC | ACTS OF HOPE, PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER | $48,776.00 |
| CHOICES PREGNANCY RESOURCE CLINIC INC | $45,048.00 | |
| 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 | $1,903,116.07 |
