Regent Scholarship Empowers Iowa Center Client to Serve Community
Lansdowne, VA - Abigail Zavala's desire to give back to her community through studying psychology stems from her own personal experience with childhood trauma and abuse. Now, thanks to a full tuition scholarship to Regent University, that desire can become a...
Does Following Best Practices Guarantee Success?
With a gleam in her eye, she told me she's modeling her brand new center off of the really big center that sees so many clients. "Aren't they amazing? And their leadership is so stellar," She gushes. She wants to be just like them. I agree with her. That center is...
Is Care Net affiliation right for your center?
As a modern pregnancy center leader, you have many resources available to you. Several national affiliation organizations are also ready to support you. But how can you know if Care Net is right for your center? Here's a quick quiz that can help you find out: As a...
Six Steps to Drafting a Strategic Plan
"Developing a Strategic Plan is overwhelming. It takes too much time"¦it is too complicated"¦it never accomplishes anything, it costs too much. We don't know how, we are too busy, we don't really need one, we already have one around here somewhere, etc. and etc." ...
Fixing Our Ugly Attitude Toward Fathers
It's no secret the pregnancy center world is dominated primarily by female staff and volunteers. As a result of being a man in this movement, I often hear the question, "How do we reach the men through pregnancy centers?" I don't know that I can answer this better...
15 Best Practices for Launching a Client-Focused Blog
Women are increasingly turning to the internet for answers to reproductive health questions, including unplanned pregnancy. In fact, a Guttmacher study between May and June 2017 found more than 200,000 searches were made, looking for information on self-abortion...
Celebrating National Nurses Week!
This week is National Nurses Week and it is a perfect time to highlight the work your nurses do every day in your center. Pregnancy center nurses are an incredibly skilled group of people who deserve to be celebrated! Not only have they gone through rigorous medical...
The First Steps to Grant-Winning
Many people, including fundraising professionals, freeze up when they hear the word grant. They think of a long, drawn-out process that includes a lot of paperwork and reporting, but I'm going to let you in on a little secret...they're not that scary! The most...
How to Know When a Volunteer is Called to Serve
April 7-13, 2019 is National Volunteer Week! This is a great opportunity to not only honor your current volunteers, but also re-evaluate how you interview potential volunteers and discern who is truly called to serve at your center. Take a moment to imagine with me: ...
3 Es of Onboarding a New Team Member
Having the right people makes all the difference, wouldn't you agree? After all, pregnancy centers are in the business of offering compassion, hope, and help to people who feel trapped into considering abortion. Our relationship with clients isn't transactional --...