Court stops enforcement of new overtime rule
A new overtime rule from the Department of Labor was issued on May 18, 2016, under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). It was scheduled to go into effect Thursday, December 1st. The rule would have affected many pregnancy center employees and was expected to raise...
8 Strategies to Tame Triggers of After Abortion Pain
Reminders of a past abortion often arrive unexpectedly, activating a deep and forgotten pain. Since many post-abortive people work to forget this choice, the spark of these triggers can send them into a whirlwind of emotional anxiety. Once I realized the triggers to...
Words are not enough
A 20-year-old, backslidden Christian, college drop-out versus a positive pregnancy test. How painfully this fresh stroke of shame fell. What better way to wake up than to live out my dream, not as a supporting counselor, but as the women I once longed to help"”scared...
Care Net Awards Pregnancy Centers for Exemplary Service to Women and Men Facing Pregnancy Decisions
At its recent 2016 National Conference, Care Net, a nonprofit organization that supports one of the nation's largest network of pregnancy centers, presented special awards to its affiliated centers and to its longest serving leaders for their exemplary work serving...
4 steps to get your center’s #GivingTuesday campaign started
This is a great chance to appeal to givers who may not be motivated by pro-life messaging but who do want to help women and children in their community, especially around the holidays.#GivingTuesday is a global day of giving held annually on the Tuesday following...
Care Net and Regent University Award Four-Year Scholarship to Pregnancy Center Client
In Annual Award's Sixth Year, Amanda Gillard of Athens, TN Given Full Ride to Pursue Her Bachelor's DegreeLansdowne, VA -- Care Net, in partnership with Regent University, has awarded a four-year scholarship to Amanda Gillard, a pregnancy center client nominated for...
Say “Congratulations”
How my mom's reaction to an unexpected pregnancy announcement inspired me.This article originally appeared on Brittany Meng's, The Bam Blog.When I was 13 years old, my mom took my older sister and me to a meeting for a para-church organization that did puppet...
Care Net Pregnancy Centers Saved Communities Over $56 Million in 2015
Each year, Care Net releases an impact report detailing the services provided at our pregnancy centers and affiliates. We also compile the economic value of those free services.In 2015 alone, Care Net pregnancy centers served 338,618 women and men and provided...
The New Pro-Life Movement
Sponsored post from Save the StorksI stood alone on the sidewalk in front of a dingy abortion clinic in the Bronx, New York. I had no idea what I was doing.It was on a cold day in November of 2010, and I was working with the local pregnancy center that had converted...
Women’s Health in the Law – NetLinks Special
What happens when a woman... ...wants to have her baby? pregnancy centers provide practical support like parenting education, diapers, carseats, clothes, cribs, & more ...is considering abortion? pregnancy centers provide accurate information, decision coaching,...