Boston Family Planning
The ABCD/ Boston Family Planning Program provides comprehensive family planning counseling, education and medical care for 30,000 women, men and teens in community health centers, school-based health centers, hospital primary care programs, and youth development programs. Along with community-based education and outreach, the program seeks to insure that residents of the diverse neighborhoods in the Boston area have access to preventive health services and education to plan their families and maintain their health.
The goals of the program are to prevent unintended pregnancies and abortion, help stop the spread of sexually transmitted infections and HIV, reduce infant mortality through the planning and spacing of births, and provide clients with information to stay healthy throughout their lives.
Some of the services provided by ABCD/ Boston Family Planning include:
- family planning counseling by bilingual, bicultural counselors and educators
- information on all methods of birth control with assistance in deciding what is the best method for each client’s lifestyle and health
- written information on birth control methods in many languages spoken by Boston residents, including Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Chinese and Vietnamese
- low and no-cost services, including birth control methods, exams and laboratory testing, for low-income women and men who don’t have insurance for family planning
- confidential services for teens
- pregnancy testing and counseling around options and referrals
- complete physical exams including pelvic exams for women, and testicular and prostate exams for men
- sexually transmitted disease counseling, education, testing and treatment
- HIV counseling, education, testing, and referrals
- free HIV rapid testing at specific sites (see HIV program)
- infertility services and referrals
- education about, and referrals for assistance with drug treatment, smoking cessation, intimate partner violence, nutrition
For more information, please contact:
Deborah Dill
Boston Family Planning Clinical Program Manager617.348.6261
dill@bostonabcd.org