Family Planning of South Central New York
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Family Planning of South Central New York serves a majority rural population, who experience limited access to resources and supports, including transportation, childcare, and broadband internet. The majority of the region is insured, however, many report high premiums, copays, and deductibles, meaning that the cost of care remains a significant barrier. Patients are often high risk with low incomes, as 70% have incomes at or below 150% of the federal poverty level. Many patients have difficulty navigating the complex healthcare environment because of low health literacy or need for language translation.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Access to Health Care
Provides individuals with basic health care, including annual reproductive exams, at low or no cost if they are unable to pay. Services include cancer screenings, contraception, including Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARCs), Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) testing and treatment, rapid HIV testing, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV,rapid Hepatitis C testing, and annual exams.
Sexual Health Education
Provides sexual health education on topics such as healthy relationships, self-esteem and body image, communication, internet safety, and others. Programming includes classroom presentations, after school program presentations, dorm programs, and one-on-one education meetings. Programming is designed to be informative, interactive, and engaging to help youth build the skills and confidence necessary to communicate, set goals, and engage in healthy relationships.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of patient visits
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Access to Health Care
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
In the next three years, Family Planning of South Central New York expects to see 22,000 patients in more than 36,000 visits, including 3,300 pap smears, 15,000 STI tests, and 10,000 individuals on a method of birth control. The organization also expects to provide comprehensive sexual health education to 16,000 adolescents.
Ultimately, the medical care and educational services provided by Family Planning of South Central New York are important for not only physical well being, but to promote healthy relationships, access accurate information, and to make decisions about when, or whether, to consider having children. The value of investing in reproductive medical care and education includes direct medical benefits such as preventing unintended pregnancies, preventing, diagnosing, and treating STIs, as well as economic and social benefits, such as the reduction of poverty and inequality. Individuals who are given the tools, resources, and information to plan the timing and spacing of their children are more likely than others to stay in school, increase employment opportunities, and fully participate in their community.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
At the very core of the organization’s mission is to provide care for all, regardless of income, insurance, or immigration status. Patients are offered a sliding fee scale for services and are not turned away if they are unable to pay. Its medical centers are open flexible hours with same day appointments, and, if needed, patients are provided transportation through a bus pass, gas card, or physical ride.
The organization, in service of its mission, also provides medically accurate, age appropriate, and evidence based comprehensive sexual health education to 5,000 adolescents annually in schools and community organizations across the region. Using informative, interactive, and engaging programs, adolescents build the skills and confidence necessary to communicate, set goals, and engage in healthy relationships.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Family Planning of South Central New York employs 43 well qualified staff, including 8 members of senior leadership, 25 medical staff, 5 education staff, 3 finance staff, and 2 maintenance staff.
Senior leadership includes a Chief Executive Officer and Directors of Human Resources, Finance, Patient Services, Education, Public Communications, IT, and Development. Medical staff includes a board certified gynecologist, 8 full and part time clinicians such as Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants, 8 licensed practical nurses, and 8 medical receptionists spread across six medical centers. Education staff includes 5 trained school and community based sexual health educators. Finance staff includes those focused on accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, inventory, and payroll.
Staff receive ongoing education on many topics, including cultural competency, data protection, LGBTQ+ terminology and care, as well as responding to signs of interpersonal violence, human trafficking, and child abuse. Staff are consistently improving to ensure that the reproductive medical care and sexual health education provided is up to date, flexible, and meets the needs of patients and program participants.
Staff hold key partnerships within the community, including schools and community based organizations, such as opportunities agencies, United Ways, and Pride alliances, as well as work related to specific causes such as anti-poverty, family violence prevention, and refugee resettlement. This ensures that the reproductive medical care and sexual health education provided is well integrated into already existing community networks.
Given our longevity, demonstrated expertise and effective outreach, we are seen as the leader in the community in reproductive health and sexual health education, as well as engaging youth, parents/caregivers, and the community itself. We have a breadth of expertise in this work and a strong reputation for expertise and excellence.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
In the last three years, Family Planning of South Central New York saw 21,266 patients in 35,228 visits. 9,664 patients received birth control, including 1,663 (17%) who received a Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARCs) such as an IUD or implant that is highly effective at preventing unintended pregnancy. 14,312 STI tests were provided and 727 (5%) were treated. 3,212 patients received pap tests, 307 (10%) were irregular and were referred for additional follow-up. 15,725 adolescents were provided sexual health education in schools and community based organizations. Of those, 90% indicated that they learned a skill to increase healthy decision making and reduce risky behavior.
Reproductive medical care is critical for not only physical wellbeing, but for preventing unintended pregnancies, unhealthy pregnancy spacing, conditions that would be treatable if caught earlier, and the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV. When individuals have the care they need to prevent unintended pregnancies and STIs, they are more likely to finish secondary education, attend higher education, increase employment opportunities, and fully participate in their communities.
Providing sexual health education in south central New York is vital because it is not state mandated and is up to each school district. Comprehensive, evidence based sexual health education ensures that adolescents are able to reduce their risk for HIV and other STIs, recognize unhealthy relationships, develop strong self esteem, and adopt lifelong attitudes and behaviors that support health and wellbeing.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback
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Family Planning of South Central New York
Board of directorsas of 01/18/2024
Becky Leidy
Rev. Dr. Arthur Suggs
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