Iowa has experienced another major roadblock in its effort to launch its state-funded network of crisis pregnancy centers.
The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services has failed again to identify anyone that can manage the state’s “More Options for Maternal Support” or MOMS program, which was a Gov. Kim Reynolds-backed proposal to provide $2 million in state dollars to fund anti-abortion centers.
The law passed by the GOP-majority Iowa Legislature directed the state agency to find a nonprofit based in Iowa to serve as a program administrator of the MOMS program, overseeing the network of pregnancy resource centers and maintaining a record of the services provided to Iowans.
But the state received “no responsive bidders” to its request for proposals that was released in July. As a result, state officials are rescinding its request for proposals, the department announced this week.
