Hard to Reach Populations

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Hard to Reach Groups
Activities
Educational Presentations
Collaborations
Applications
Resources


Hard to Reach Populations

  • Adolescents
  • Uninsured
  • Males
  • Limited English proficiency
  • Homeless
  • Incarcerated
  • Substance abusers
  • Low Income

 

Possible Activities

  • Parent involvement counseling
  • Adolescent clinic
  • Male-only clinic (A men's health project sponsored by
    Family Planning of the Coastal Bend.)

 

Educational presentations

  • Boot camps, jails, detention centers for youth and adults
  • Shelters – homeless, battered women, half-way house
  • Health fairs
  • College campuses

 

Collaborations

  • Mental health/substance abuse service providers
  • Teen pregnancy prevention coalition
  • Faith-based organization
  • HIV/STD prevention agency/coalition

 

Applications to provide family planning services with DSHS Family Planning funds must include activities to:

  • Reduce teen pregnancy
  • Reduce teen Chlamydia
  • Reach & provide services to male
  • Prevent family violence
  • Participate in community partnerships
Last updated July 23, 2012