Real Alternatives exists to provide life-affirming pregnancy and parenting support services throughout the nation. These compassionate support services empower women to protect their reproductive health, avoid crisis pregnancies, choose childbirth rather than abortion, receive adoption education, and improve parenting skills.
Real Alternatives is the non-profit, charitable organization that administers the Pennsylvania Pregnancy and Parenting Support Program© and the Indiana Pregnancy and Parenting Support Program©.
The State of Indiana in FY 2024/2025 funds its program at $6.25 million through the Indiana State Department of Health.
The Pregnancy and Parenting Support Services Programs© in Indiana is made up of a statewide or regional network of social service agencies, pregnancy support centers, and maternity residences that offer comprehensive, life-affirming alternatives to abortion to women dealing with unplanned pregnancies.
Service Providers with their 32 centers in Indiana are staffed with fully trained, caring, and compassionate counselors. These Service Providers are non-discriminatory, non-profit organizations that are monitored annually to ensure compliance with the Indiana Department of Health.
More than 433,000 women in Pennsylvania and Indiana have been served since the program began in March 1996. Through their counselors, the centers offer free and confidential support, encouragement, guidance and practical assistance to women so they do not need to choose abortion.