teen pregnancy

Arkansas

Arkansas pregnancy centers seek help with advertising, material needs from $1M state grant

Twenty-one pregnancy resource centers throughout Arkansas have applied for a taxpayer funds to bolster services for the second year in a row. The $1 million grant program will provide financial support to the centers, sometimes called “crisis pregnancy centers” and often religiously affiliated. Adoption agencies and maternity care homes are also eligible for the grant, […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas teen birth rate highest in the country

ARKANSAS, (KNWA/KFTA) — A new report by the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families revealed Arkansas has the highest rate of teen births in the United States. According to the report, Arkansas ties with the state of Mississippi. Laura Kellams, with Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, said there are two main solutions that the […]

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