Grants for Pregnancy Centers

Pregnancy centers are primarily faith-based organizations that provide comprehensive medical information and work to preserve the life and health of the unborn child and his mother. Established and developing pregnancy centers may qualify for private and government grants. In addition to financial support, a pregnancy center may receive legal consultation, training programs, educational resources, technical consultation and administrative help from supporting organizations.

  1. Focus on the Family

    • Focus on the Family's Option Ultrasound Program offers grants to pregnancy medical clinics in communities with a verifiably high rate of abortions. The grant provides 80 percent of the total cost of a new ultrasound machine or 80 percent of the cost of sonography training for medical staff. Option Ultrasound Conversion Grants give pregnancy resource centers financial and instructional assistance when they convert from resource centers to medical clinics. A third program, the Focus on the Family Benevolent Resource Program, awards $525 in educational resources annually to qualifying pregnancy medical clinics, pregnancy resource centers and maternity homes.

      Focus on the Family

      Heartlink

      8605 Explorer Drive

      Colorado Springs, CO 80920

      800-232-6459

      heartlink.org/oupdirectors.cfm

    Care Net

    • Care Net, the largest network of pregnancy centers in North America, offers grants and scholarships to its affiliated members. The organization provides affiliated pregnancy centers with legal consultations, operation manuals, training programs, marketing assistance, media communications, web support and community outreach.

      Care Net

      Center Services

      44180 Riverside Pkwy, Suite 200

      Lansdowne, VA 20176

      703-554-8734

      care-net.org/affiliation

    Knights of Columbus Ultrasound Initiative Program

    • This program awards matching grants to Knights of Columbus local councils that help medically certified pregnancy care centers purchase new ultrasound machines. If the Supreme Council determines that the pregnancy care center meets its guidelines, the local council can raise funds up to half the cost of an ultrasound machine. At that point, the local council requests a matching grant from the Supreme Council Office.

      Knights of Columbus Headquarters

      Ultrasound Initiative

      1 Columbus Plaza

      New Haven, CT 06510

      203-752-4000

      kofc.org/un/eb/en/about/activities/culture/ultra.html

    Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Bureau Block Grant

    • A pregnancy center may apply for funds from the U.S. government's TANF Bureau Block Grant through its state government. However, these funds may not be spent on religious activities. The TANF Bureau invests in health care services and family services related to poverty prevention, self-sufficiency, establishing two-parent families and reducing out-of-wedlock pregnancies. Several states allocate funds to pregnancy centers from the Maintenance-of-Effort Funds that the state receives from the federal TANF program.

      The United States Department of Health and Human Services

      Administration for Children and Families

      TANF Bureau Office of Family Assistance

      370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W.

      Washington, D.C. 20447

      877-696-6775

      acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa/resources/funding_guide.htm

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