ATLANTA – State Representative Marvin Lim (D-Norcross) issues the following statement regarding proposed funding for a crisis pregnancy center in Gwinnett County.
“I ask the Gwinnett County Commissioners – which are considering a proposal by staff to allocate $450,000 of competitive U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) funding to a so-called crisis pregnancy center (CPC) named Obria (now rebranded as Georgia Wellness Group and also formerly as Pregnancy Resource Center) – to reallocate these formula funds to maternal, infant and reproductive health initiatives, or any other initiatives, that are not dangerously misleading. Among all proposed awardees for Gwinnett’s HUD CDBG funding, the $450,000 constitutes the largest proposed award to a single private non-profit.
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