Family planning services
for women and men
throughout Indiana.
Resources
Helpful Links to Organizations and Their Websites
Advocates for Youth
Advocates for Youth partners with youth leaders, adult allies, and youth-serving organizations to advocate for policies and champion programs that recognize young people’s rights to honest sexual health information; accessible, confidential, and affordable sexual health services; and the resources and opportunities necessary to create sexual health equity for all youth.American Cancer Society
For over 100 years, the American Cancer Society (ACS) has worked relentlessly to save lives and create a world with less cancer. Together with millions of our supporters worldwide, we help people stay well and get well, find cures, and fight back against cancer.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Founded in 1951, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (The College) is the specialty’s premier professional membership organization dedicated to the improvement of women’s health. With more than 57,000 members, the College is a 501(c)(3) organization and its activities include producing the College’s practice guidelines and other educational material.American Public Health Association
APHA champions the health of all people and all communities. We strengthen the public health profession. We speak out for public health issues and policies backed by science. We are the only organization that influences federal policy, has a 140-plus year perspective and brings together members from all fields of public health.Bedsider
Bedsider.org (Bedsider) is an online birth control support network for women 18-29 operated by The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, a private non-profit organization. Bedsider is not funded by pharmaceutical companies. Or the government. Bedsider is totally independent and the info on it is honest and unbiased. Our goal is to help women find the method of birth control that’s right for them and learn how to use it consistently and effectively, and that’s it.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC works 24/7 to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or preventable, human error or deliberate attack, CDC fights disease and supports communities and citizens to do the same.
CDC increases the health security of our nation. As the nation’s health protection agency, CDC saves lives and protects people from health threats. To accomplish our mission, CDC conducts critical science and provides health information that protects our nation against expensive and dangerous health threats, and responds when these arise.
Center for Disease Control and Prevention Reproductive Life Plan
Thinking about your goals for having or not having children and how to achieve those goals is called a reproductive life plan. There are many kinds of reproductive life plans. Your plan will depend on your personal goals and dreams.Guttmacher Institute
The Institute produces a wide range of resources on topics pertaining to sexual and reproductive health, publishes two peer-reviewed journals, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health and International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, and the public policy journal Guttmacher Policy Review. In 2013, the Institute was awarded a prestigious Population Center grant by the National Institutes of Health in support of the Guttmacher Center for Population Research Innovation and Dissemination. Guttmacher is one of only two non-university-based institutions out of the two dozen receiving such funding.Health Care Information and Training
For over 21 years Health Care Education and Training (HCET) has provided education, training and technical assistance, program development, grants management and evaluation services to professionals, health care systems, community based organizations and state and local government agencies. HCET is based in Indianapolis, IN, has a second office in Madison, WI and works in Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois and Ohio.Indiana Coalition to End Sexual Assault
The Indiana Coalition to End Sexual Assault (ICESA) was formed in October 2015 to answer a critical need in Indiana. Our goal is to improve the state’s response to victims of sexual assault by bringing awareness to this problem.Indiana Legal Services
Indiana Legal Services, Inc. is a nonprofit law firm that provides free civil legal assistance to eligible low-income residents throughout the state of Indiana.
Indiana Medicaid
To apply for Medicaid, you will need to fill out and submit a Medicaid application, also known as an Indiana Application for Health Coverage form. Visit “Am I Eligible?” or the eligibility guide to help you determine which application form you will need to fill out and submit. Once you submit your complete application, it will take about 45-90 days to determine if you are eligible. If you are a pregnant woman, you may be able to receive medical care while you wait for your application to be processed. Please refer to Presumptive Eligibility for more info.Indiana Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) is a nutrition program, nationally recognized as an effective means for improving access to nutritious foods, and promoting healthier eating and lifestyles, The Indiana WIC Program currently serves an average of 167,877 women, infants, and children each month through a statewide network of 145 WIC clinics. Indiana WIC supports $114 million in food sales at more than 780 Indiana WIC-authorized grocery stores and pharmacies.Kaiser Family Foundation Reproductive Health
Kaiser is a non-profit organization focusing on national health issues, as well as the U.S. role in global health policy. Unlike grant-making foundations, Kaiser develops and runs its own policy analysis, journalism and communications programs, sometimes in partnership with major news organizations. We serve as a non-partisan source of facts, analysis and journalism for policymakers, the media, the health policy community and the public. Our product is information, always provided free of charge — from the most sophisticated policy research, to basic facts and numbers, to in depth health policy news coverage provided by our news service, KHN, to information young people can use to improve their health or the general public can use to understand the health reform law.Know HPV
Human papillomavirus (HPV) has potentially serious consequences—as in cancer-serious. Some types of this virus can lead to certain cancers and diseases later in life for both males and females. Find the information you need for HPV prevention.Power to Decide
Our mission is to improve the lives and future prospects of children and families and, in particular, to help ensure that children are born into stable, two-parent families who are committed to and ready for the demanding task of raising the next generation.
