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Low-Income Access Program
   

Recognizing that many women do not have adequate access to reproductive health care, the National Institute is dedicated to working with local, state, and national advocates to expand and protect women’s access to health coverage and family planning services.  

The Low-Income Access Program seeks to ensure that all women have the health care coverage and access necessary to obtain reproductive health care.  

 
 

Read more here about the projects, or for more information about the Low-Income Access Program, please contact Myra Batchelder, Director of the Low-Income Access Program by e-mail or call 212.343.2031 ext. 3512.

For more information on our Back Up Your Birth Control Campaign and our Contraception Access Program, click here.

New Toolkit on Expanding Abortion Access at the Local Level Available!

Our newly published Expanding Local Access to Abortion Toolkit lists three new strategies for expanding access to abortion on the local level, including making resource guides, using city council resolutions, and creating local funding streams. Check it out!

2008 Grantees

LIAP gave out six grants in April 2008 to state and local groups that are implementing programs that work to expand access to birth control, including EC, for low-income women.



The Low-Income Access Program works to increase access to reproductive health care, including abortion, emergency contraception, birth control, and pregnancy services, for all women who face financial barriers.

Some of the current projects within LIAP include:

Expanding Access to Birth Control. We are working with advocates around the country to ensure Medicaid coverage for over-the-counter emergency contraception. Click here for more information.

Expanding Access to Abortion. We are working with advocates to improve low-income women's access to abortion.

Expanding Access to Health Care. We are working with advocates around the country to work to ensure adequate Medicaid coverage, and to expand health care coverage for all.


NEW!
See our QuickSheet on Barriers to Contraceptive Access for Low-Income Women

Read about the work being done by one LIAP grantee, the Reproductive Health Access Project's New York Women's Health Free Clinic.