Content paid for by Clarity of Central Indiana
Pregnancy is a life-changing event for millions of women, couples, and families every year. Though it might not feel like it at the time, no one is in it alone. There are resources out there to help guide expectant mothers and couples through the journey of their pregnancy, whether planned or unexpected.
Clarity of Central Indiana provides holistic care, support, and education to men and women in need. For over 40 years Clarity has helped empower individuals by providing a safe, judgment-free zone for them to receive help.
Founded in 1983, its first Johnson County location started in 1996. They are now in Franklin, along with a new center that opened in Greenwood in 2022. Clarity seeks to be a beacon of hope and healing to the communities it serves. Its services are free of charge thanks to the generosity of its donors.
Their services are divided into three main categories:
Prevention, which provides sexual risk avoidance education to over 6,500 students yearly in public schools, as well as STI testing and treatment.
Intervention, including various care centers, free pregnancy testing and verification, ultrasounds, pregnancy options counseling, material assistance, holistic care, as well as mental, emotional and spiritual support.
Restoration, with programs like Hearts Restored, which helps with recovery for post-abortion, sexual abuse, miscarriage/pregnancy loss, and codependency.
Eric Allen, CEO of Clarity, has been a dedicated advocate at the organization for many years. Angie Burton, once a patient at Clarity, now serves as vice president of development.
“For me it is that drive to get out and impart life, and to make sure people know, whether it’s male or female that are coming into our centers, that there is hope – there is more than what their fear is or what it is that’s causing them problems at that time in their life,” says Burton.
As of this year, Clarity operates 10 care centers and one mobile center. It serves over 12,000 individuals across multiple communities, which is up over 1,500 in patients alone from the previous year.
“We have a mantra that’s a tag for us,” Allen says. “That is, ‘You Matter.’ I think as an organization, but for me in particular, it is that desire to make sure that we can share with individuals that message that they matter, that there is value in who they are, and because of that value, they also have a purpose in life that we can help them develop and support – that the crisis that they’re in is not as big as who they are in their value in God’s eyes.”
For 2025, Clarity is planning to open a Clarity Care Hub in Columbus, Indiana. This hub will consolidate many services Clarity offers into a single location, in a new assessment and continuity-of-care model, to get at the root of some of the problems facing Hoosiers today.
Looking ahead, Clarity of Central Indiana continues to stand resolute in its mission to provide holistic care to those experiencing unexpected pregnancies and to offer the hope of life – always putting the patient first and helping wherever needed.
