THIS IS CARROT AND STICK TACTICS AGAINST YOUNG WOMEN at a time in their lives when they need guidance and not lectures.
Clients who go through parenting programs are eligible to earn "mommy bucks" they use to buy baby items donated to the center.
The center also goes into 13 of the 16 area high schools to present its Straight Talk program encouraging teens not to have sex until they are married, she said.
"We try to get kids to see the positive choices they have. Being pregnant at the age of 17 isn't a positive choice," she said.
Its Pregnancy Loss Recovery program offers "Forgiven and Set Free" Bible studies for women who have had abortions, according to the center's 501(c)(3) Internal Revenue Service records at www.guidestar.org on the Web.
"Most of the women who come to us are between the ages of 16 and 22. They are older high school and college-age students," she said.
