Pregnancy Help Organizations Grant Program
Effective Jan 1, 2026Ark. R. 2026-1 (eff. January 1, 2026)Acts 2024, No. 125, § 3; Acts 2025, No. 1006, § 38
(a)
- (1) The Department of Finance and Administration created the Pregnancy Help Organizations Grant Program (the “program”) in order to comply with Acts 2024, No. 125 and Acts 2025, No. 1006.
- (2) The program will provide grant funding to pregnancy help organizations.
- (b) Any entity seeking grant funding under the program shall make application to the department on the form or forms provided by the department for that purpose.
(c)
- (1) Any entity seeking grant funding under the program shall provide a grant plan to the department on the form or forms provided by the department for that purpose.
(2) Grant plans shall include the following:
- (A) A narrative describing the current activities of the entity;
- (B) A narrative that details the range of services the entity proposes to provide with grant funds and the experience that it has in providing the proposed services;
- (C) A narrative describing the entity’s management and key staff with information concerning their experience in working with individuals facing an unintended pregnancy; and
- (D) An annual budget with line items specifically detailing the proposed expenditures.
- (d) Funding under the program shall not be disbursed all at once, but in increments in accordance with the plan described in subsection (c) of this section.
(e)
- (1) Any entity receiving funding under the program shall report to the department on a quarterly basis on the form or forms provided by the department for that purpose.
- (2) Failure to provide the quarterly report or reports may result in a delay or refund of funding.
- (f) By signing the program application, grant plan, and reporting forms, the chief executive officer of the entity seeking or receiving grant funds shall certify that the information provided on the form or forms and all documents submitted with the form or forms are true, accurate, and complete under penalty of perjury.
- (g) In accordance with Acts 2025, No. 1006, the program shall only be in effect from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, unless the program is extended by the General Assembly.