Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program

There is established within the department the Positive Alternatives for Pregnancy and Parenting Grant Program. The purpose of the program shall be to develop a state-wide effort that promotes healthy pregnancies and childbirth by awarding grants to nonprofit organizations that provide pregnancy support services. History. — Code 1981, § 31-2A-32, enacted by Ga. L. 2016, p. 214, § 2/SB 308; Ga. L. 2017, p. 764, § 2-3/SB 193; Ga. L. 2017, p. 774, § 31/HB 323. The 2017 amendments. — The first 2017 amendment, effective July 1, 2017, in the second sentence, deleted ‘‘grant’’ preceding ‘‘program’’ and substituted ‘‘develop a state-wide effort that promotes healthy pregnancies and childbirth’’ for ‘‘promote healthy pregnancies and childbirth’’. The second 2017 amendment, effective May 9, 2017, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, deleted ‘‘grant’’ preceding ‘‘program’’ at the beginning of the second sentence.