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CareNet of Paradise reports rising client visits and expanded services to council
Summary
CareNet of Paradise, a nonprofit pregnancy support clinic, told the council it has expanded services, opened a second clinic in Oroville and launched a men’s legacy center; staff described patient counts rising since 2021 and asked council to note the organization’s work.
CareNet of Paradise, a faith‑based 501(c)(3) pregnancy support organization, presented its annual update to the council, describing expanded medical, counseling and parenting services.
Ashley Lundberg, executive director, said the organization is privately funded and licensed as a medical clinic. Lundberg reported increasing client numbers since the 2021 Camp Fire: the clinic recorded 16 clients (53 appointments) in 2021 and reported 206 clients with 384 appointments in 2024; she reported 212 individual clients for 2025 to date. CareNet provides free pregnancy testing, limited OB ultrasounds (5–24 weeks), STI testing and treatment, parenting classes with incentives, peer counseling and reproductive loss care; they have two doctors, four RNs and an RDMS on staff and said they are overseen by CDPH.
Lundberg said the organization opened a second clinic in Oroville in 2023 and a men’s legacy center in January of the year of the meeting with more than 30 men enrolled. She described services including abortion pill reversal counseling and credited the program with supporting individual families. Lundberg closed by asking council members for continued awareness of CareNet’s services as the town rebuilds.
Why it matters: health‑care access on the Ridge remains constrained (staff noted there is no local OB‑GYN); CareNet’s free services reach women, men and families and supplement local clinical capacity.
