BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — An audit by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor's Office (LLA) revealed a potential misuse of state funds within the Department of Children and Family Services' (DCFS) Pregnancy and Baby Care Initiative (PBCI).

The initiative, launched in August 2024, was created to promote childbirth instead of abortion by funding centers to offer counseling services and support services such as referrals to social service programs, classes, or material items like car seats and cribs. The goal is to improve a pregnancy or parenting situation.

According to LLA, the audit was to provide recommendations for implementing the new program.

The audit found that the pregnancy centers provide more services than the ones eligible for payment as part of the program, including so

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