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DocuSign Envelope ID: CB0C1343-06EB-4BE7-9AF6-62EE77BD69FE t A - continued <br /> Provider's Outside Agency Application <br /> MAIN APPLICATION <br /> 2. AGENCY INFORMATION <br /> Please provide the following information about your agency (Limit of 2 pages total): <br /> a) Years in Operation, Date of Incorporation (Month/Year) <br /> 35 years, incorporated July 1980 <br /> b) Agency's Purpose/Mission <br /> Planned Parenthood South Atlantic (PPSAT) proactively ensures comprehensive reproductive health <br /> care: by providing services in settings that preserve and protect the individual's right to privacy and <br /> reproductive choice; by advocating public policies that advance these rights and expand access to <br /> such services; by providing educational programming that fosters a culture of healthy sexuality; by <br /> working with and meeting the needs of diverse communities and the under-served; and by leading <br /> broad-based strategies that further these fundamental rights. <br /> c) Types of Services the Agency Provides <br /> PPSAT works to reduce the incidence of unintended pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, and other STIs, <br /> especially among teens, emerging adults (19-29), those with limited financial resources, and <br /> uninsured clients. We operate 14 health centers throughout North Carolina, South Carolina, West <br /> Virginia, and the Blue Ridge of Virginia. <br /> Our Chapel Hill health center provides a wide range of safe, reliable health care—and the majority is <br /> preventive care, which helps reduce unintended pregnancies through contraception, reduce the <br /> spread of sexually transmitted infections through testing and treatment, and screen for cervical and <br /> other cancers. We reduce barriers to accessing care by offering same-day and by-appointment visits, <br /> evening and weekend hours, bilingual staff, and fees that are typically less than those of private <br /> providers. <br /> Our Orange County community health educator uses evidence-based curricula to equip adolescents <br /> with training and information about reproductive health and/or teen pregnancy prevention so that <br /> they can become accurate sources of information for their friends, family, and acquaintances. Our <br /> educator also provides single-session programs that serve to convey information and encourage <br /> utilization of family planning services. <br /> d) Agency's Experience with Similar Programs as the Funding Request <br /> For more than 35 years, PPSAT has provided high-quality education that reflects the needs of young <br /> people, their families, our patients, and the communities we serve. Last year,more than 25,000 <br /> young people benefited from our education programs. <br /> Programming ranges from health-center based projects like enrolling patients in health care coverage <br /> through the Affordable Care Act; to delivering model, Planned Parenthood South Atlantic-branded <br /> sex education programs; to offering professional training in the affiliate and in partnership with other <br /> nonprofit organizations; to teaching healthy living curricula in local schools. <br /> While community education is as diverse as the locations where it is offered, we place an emphasis <br /> on multi-session sex education programs that are scoped, sequenced, and proven to meet the needs <br /> of participants better than one-time presentations. <br /> Main Application 1/21/2016 18:35:26 a1/p1 Page 41 of 2 <br />