About Us
About Us
Palouse Care Networks is a 501c3 faith- based non-profit in the state of Idaho and Washington, which also oversees the medical clinic WISH Medical Women’s Health. Community support ensures our ability to meet the needs of local women and men facing unexpected pregnancies. All our services are free and confidential and are offered without regard to age, race, income, nationality, religious affiliation, disability, or other arbitrary circumstances. We never provide, refer for, or recommend an abortion.
We are 100% funded through the generosity of individuals, businesses, and organizations in our community. All donations are tax-deductible.
Contact us to learn more about how to get involved, upcoming events, or become a monthly supporter.
History
Palouse Care Network, Inc. has its origins in the passion of our concerned communities. Open Door Pregnancy Center, located above Peck’s Shoe Clinic at 115 E. Third Street in Moscow, Idaho was opened in 1982. 
From September 1988 to October of 2000 Open Door Pregnancy Center was located at 312 S. Washington Street. 
The organization incorporated in 1990, and in 1993, affiliated with the Christian Action Council, which later became Care Net, a national pregnancy help organization. The goal was to save the lives of unborn children threatened by abortion through meeting the needs of their mothers who were experiencing an unplanned pregnancy.
The Center moved to 115 N. Jackson Street and launched an abstinence program in 2000. Open Door was renamed Care Net of the Palouse in 2001. At that time, we offered free self-administered pregnancy tests, peer counseling, infant clothing, furniture, and other practical resources. 
We added a single parent support group in 2002, and a parent education incentive program in 2004. We also began to seek opportunities to bring healing to post abortive women.
WISH Medical, the medical arm of Care Net of the Palouse, was opened in 2006, offering pregnancy testing by medical professionals and limited obstetrical ultrasound services. 
Recognizing an increasing need for us to expand our free specialized medical service to impact the neighboring campus communities, WISH Medical began offering testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections and diseases. This quickly allowed us to also minister to many young men—and increased the number of women we served with unplanned pregnancies.
In 2009 Care Net of the Palouse launched a capital campaign to build a new building in our current location at 1515 West A St. in Moscow, Idaho. Seeing the great need for more exam rooms and a better location, many local individuals, church congregations, and businesses donated. The building was completed in March of 2011, and we re-opened for business in April 2011. Care Net of the Palouse became Palouse Care Network, Inc. in 2012.
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In 2018, we added abortion pill reversal treatment as another integral service to help women with regret after taking the abortion pill to still have an opportunity to choose life and carry their pregnancy to term. Recognizing that less than 10% of our patients came to us from neighboring Washington state, the home of Washington State University just 8 miles away, Palouse Care Network launched another capital campaign to build a second center in Pullman, WA.
Our Pullman center opened in June of 2022 at 1540 NE Stadium Way, located right on the WSU campus and providing all the same services as our Moscow location. In 2023, we discontinued medical services for men and rebranded WISH Medical as WISH Medical Women’s Health, placing our focus and emphasis on women’s healthcare to reach the abortion vulnerable who are at the very core of our mission. We also added the dba of Life Bridge as the client facing name of our resource center, keeping Palouse Care Network, Inc. as the parent organization and donor facing name of our non-profit.
In 2024, we purchased a mobile medical clinic to reach even more women considering abortion. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we are able to provide pregnancy testing, ultrasounds, and STI screening outside abortion facilities, on college campuses, and many other places where women need us most.
Today, staffed by a deeply committed group of professionals and volunteers, we work devotedly to offer medical, spiritual, and practical care to every client. We are called to serve the needs of the vulnerable on the Palouse, bringing them our message of life, health, and hope. It is our intention to answer God’s call, seeking His wisdom for continued growth and outreach.
