Services We Provide

Pregnancy Center Services

Care Net provides services to over 500 women annually. Many face unwanted pregnancies, plus the pressures of men, families and friends. We don’t just counsel our clients to choose life, we support their decision to do so. For the majority of clients, our volunteer staff is reaching out to care for their past, present and future. The services we provide include the following:

•  Free Pregnancy Testing : Eighty percent of our clients come to us for this service. The lab quality tests are 99% accurate and can provide results as early as ten days after conception. All positive results are referred to a physician for diagnosis and further care.

•  Limited STI / STD Screening: Care Net’s medical team provides free Chlamydia and Gonorrhea screening and treatment. HIV screening is provided free of charge for all patients with referrals for treatment for those who test positive for HIV.

•  Counseling : Volunteers are trained to care for the needs of women, family members, and fathers-to-be. They carefully listen to each individual’s life background providing a connection that opens the door to offer encouragement and insight. In this caring, one-on-one environment the volunteer presents the Gospel, abortion alternatives, spiritual insight, lifestyle changes, and practical life skills.

•  Evangelism : The Pregnancy Center is the only Christ-centered organization in Southeast Georgia dedicated to the mission of caring for the client with these specific needs. Ultimately, we know that offering assistance to a client without sharing their need for Jesus Christ is like putting a Band-Aid on a massive puncture wound. We know that life in Christ is a life with hope. Our volunteers are dedicated Christians who desire to share the Gospel to women and their families. When clients receive Christ, volunteers are free to bring them to church or refer them to a church that is best suited to assist them.

•  Discipleship : Clients who receive Christ are in need of discipleship. Our volunteers are often given the privilege of providing opportunities for growth primarily through the Navpress Bringing Truth to Life Program – Your Life in Christ: Design for Discipleship.

•  Post Abortion Recovery Services: We live in a society where by age forty-five, 43% of all women will have had an abortion. Women who have experienced an abortion often suffer deeply and need help with many issues. Many have lived in a prison of secrecy and shame. The abortion in their past may consume their daily activities. Our Forgiven and Set Free Bible Study / Support Group offers these women an opportunity to experience healing for their past and look forward to a bright future. Transforming the abortion experience from being the book of their life to a small chapter in their life.

•  Chastity Challenge : Over half our clients who obtaining a pregnancy test are not currently pregnant, but their lifestyle puts them at risk for an unwanted pregnancy in the near future. A key role of our volunteer staff is to equip our clients with the information and practical support to change their current sexual lifestyles. When encouraged by our volunteers, most of these women take this wonderful opportunity for change and commit to a Chastity Challenge. Our volunteers then follow up to support our clients in their new decision for a brighter future.

•  Dedication Dollar Program : A majority of our clients are unable to purchase maternity and baby clothing, supplies and baby furnishings. In order to empower our clients for a better future, the Dedication Dollar program was implemented. Clients participate in child rearing classes, discipleship classes and other healthy learning activities. As a result of their dedicated participation, they receive Dedication Dollars which are then redeemed for their material needs. This better prepares the momma, which helps the baby, which ultimately reduces welfare dependency and helps our community.

•  Referrals For Service : With the many needs that our clients face, no single organization can meet them all. The Center maintains a referral network of other agencies that can further assist our clients. However, a referral to another agency does not eliminate our continued follow-up.

BRAVEheart Services

BRAVEheart: The Purity Revolution

Character-Based Prevention Programming

The BRAVEheart Teen Initiative is a multifaceted operation. The general purpose of the program format is to promote character-based sexual abstinence until marriage as a wise and achievable lifestyle in Southeast Georgia. The best way to prevent abortion is to prevent pregnancy.

•  BRAVEheart Teens Drama Team : The Drama Team uses practical youth and teen-oriented dramas to educate the community on premarital sexual consequences, relational issues, refusal skills, and familial relationships.

•  Parent Presentations : As the Drama Team does its work with teens, parental programs are orchestrated in conjunction with the teen presentations. Parents are equipped to encourage abstinence effectively with their children. The teen leadership serves as an inspiration for the parent’s desires for their own children.

•  BRAVEheart Blitz : The BRAVEheart Blitz consists of radio, school programs, school yearbooks, and newspaper advertising that encourages abstinence until marriage.

•  BRAVEheart Website : In addition to traditional advertising www.braveheart.org is a website developed by youth. The website includes information on the consequences of premarital sex and skills to postpone sexual involvement. Local information and activities for teens are linked and posted on the website to promote positive activities. Through e-mail, important questions can be answered offering support to teens in a non-confrontational medium.

•  BRAVEheart Teen Mentors : Provides concrete support to youth in the community. Teen Mentors work one-on-one or in groups with those interested in an abstinent lifestyle. Confidential contact sheets record the progress made with each mentor relationship

•  BRAVEheart Clubs : Club settings in the Middle and High Schools further support their peers. Teen-led clubs form to solidify skills and the commitment to remain abstinent until marriage. The mentoring setting can serve as a network to communicate opportunities for personal growth.

•  BRAVEheart Little Sisters Program : Developed in 2001, the Little Sisters Club reaches younger girls (9-11) to begin character education, develop stronger family relationships, and empower younger women with tools to remain abstinent. Each month for nine months the BRAVEheart staff provides after school meetings.

•  BRAVEheart Father-Daughter Purity Ball : One known risk factor in premarital sexual activity is the deteriorated family role; specifically the deterioration of the father-daughter relationship. In order to develop stronger relational ties between fathers and daughters, the BRAVEheart Teen Initiative hosts the Father Daughter Purity Ball. The event provides an opportunity for fathers to pledge themselves to love and protect their daughters and for daughters to pledge commitments to purity, as well as a regal gala to celebrate the protection of purity.

•  Annual Purity Day : The Teen Participants plan an annual community event the first Saturday of May to further support and provide wholesome opportunities for the community at large. The community can witness that youth who abstain have a wholesome and fun life.

•  BRAVEheart Prom Project : In conjunction with area florists and tuxedo rentals, a protect purity message is placed on every floral box and tuxedo on Prom weekend. The message serves as a timely message to keep it pure with your date on prom night.