ICU Mobile and Care Net, two key players in the field of pro-life work, recently announced a new collaboration of their efforts to provide more comprehensive services.
The pro-life organizations announced their new partnership in a press release this past spring, the collaboration described as a “strategic merger.” Care Net offers services through a network of pregnancy help centers and churches and ICU Mobile provides free pregnancy testing and ultrasounds via mobile medical units (MMU).
The combining services of the two groups will allow the merged organization to expand its ability to “offer Gospel-centered care, practical resources and life-affirming options,” per the release. ICU Mobile will be able to serve more parents in need via the network of pregnancy help centers affiliated with Care Net and aid in equipping churches and pro-life ministries with the necessary resources to connect with more families.
Additionally, the combined services of mobile testing and imaging would allow for more comprehensive medical, emotional, and spiritual care and education.
As Christ-centered ministries, the collaboration between Care Net and ICU Mobile will remain focused on sharing the Gospel with clients and spiritually support families through its services.
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Care Net President and CEO Roland Warren described the merger as a powerful step in continuing the organization’s mission by “ensuring that more women and men receive the support they need to choose life for their unborn children and abundant life for their families.”
Similarly, ICU Mobile’s founder and board chair, Slyvia Slifko, said in the press release that the merger will form “a unified front to bring critical services and the message of hope to those who need it most.” Slifko emphasized that the collaboration between the ministries will make life-affirming care accessible to even more communities.
Heartbeat International, the largest network of pregnancy help organizations in the U.S. and globally, congratulated Care Net in 2023 as it celebrated one million unborn lives saved through its network of pregnancy help centers since 2008.
Based on data gathered for Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) by pregnancy help organizations including Heartbeat International, Care Net, and the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA), ICU Mobile, as one of two main mobile medical unit (MMU) ministries in the U.S. has served thousands of clients and equipped dozens of pregnancy centers each year.
From the latest CLI pregnancy center report:
In 2022, ICU Mobile had 36 affiliated MMUs operating in 22 states and reported serving 4,158 clients (72% of MMUs reporting). In 2023, the group had 37 affiliated MMUs on the road in 22 states and reported serving 4,366 clients on board (81% reporting). As the pioneer of mobile medical ministry, since 2013, ICU reports having seen many miracles through their fleet of mobile ministries. In that time, more than 18,000 decisions for life have been made.
In 2024, Pregnancy Help News reported that pregnancy help centers provided more than $100 million more in goods and services in 2022 than in 2019, indicating that pregnancy help centers and mobile units are continuing to flourish and serve more men, women and children in need.
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