6 | 2023 IMPACT REPORT:
Navigation & community highlights
Navigation
Abortion navigation
Although state law prevents us from providing abortion
care in our health centers, we are committed to helping
patients access the care they need until reproductive rights
are restored in Texas. We provide pregnancy conrmation,
as well as abortion navigation to patients who must travel
out of state for this essential care.
Planned Parenthood South Texas sta help patients
understand their options and nd an abortion provider
in New Mexico, Colorado, California or another state.
Patients can work one-on-one with a specially
trained Patient Advocate who can provide them
with personalized logistical support, including
information on travel and lodging, and help them in
obtaining financial assistance if needed. Patients can
access this help at no cost to them.
Continuity of care
Often, our patients need follow-up care at our health
centers or other care outside the scope of our practice.
Our Centralized Follow-Up Clinician manages
care plans for patients with abnormal lab results,
communicates with patients regarding more
complex care plans, and manages referrals.
It can sometimes be overwhelming to nd specialized care,
especially for patients who do not have health insurance.
Our Patient Advocate helps by connecting patients to other
providers for such services as mammograms, mental health
services, oncological care, and more.
Social determinants of health
We recognize that there are many non-medical factors
that can aect our patients’ health. We screen patients
for challenges such as food insecurity, housing
insecurity, and more, and connect them with local
resources to help them overcome these challenges.
Planned Parenthood South Texas maintains a
comprehensive referral guide with carefully vetted providers
and resources. Some patients simply need a referral, but
some patients need more help; our Patient Advocate is
available to connect them to whatever they need.
Community Highlights
EDUCATION
• Reached 12,007 community members in the Rio Grande Valley
to provide education about sexual and reproductive health.
• Began a collaboration with La Union del Pueblo Entero
(LUPE) to provide education to colonia residents in the Rio
Grande Valley about reproductive health and justice.
REPRO RESOURCES
• Established Reproductive Health Pantries with partners in
San Antonio and the Rio Grande Valley, including SA Youth
and the YWCA, to increase access to free menstrual supplies,
condoms, pregnancy tests, emergency contraception and
evidence-based information about sexual health.
• With help from volunteers, provided approximately 7,000 period
packs to organizational partners to distribute to their clients.
• Provided more than 1,400 units of emergency contraception at
community events and to nonprot partners.
ADVOCACY
• Proudly sponsored San Antonio’s rst ever Trans Visibility March.
• Worked with Texas A&M San Antonio to create a local
chapter of PP Generation Action, which mobilizes young
activists to raise public awareness about reproductive health and
rights, advocate for reproductive freedom and educate young
people about sexual health.
• Joined hundreds of advocates from across the state at Planned
Parenthood Lobby Day at the Texas Capitol in Austin to meet
with legislators and their sta.
• Engaged in an international exchange program with TAN
UX’IL, a nonprot that provides sex education in Guatemala.
ACCESS TO CARE
• Partnered with Frontera Fund to provide health care at our Rio
Grande Valley clinics at no cost to patients with low incomes.
• Provided health care vouchers to Center for Refugee Services,
Empower House, SA Youth and Friendship of Women so their
clients could visit Planned Parenthood South Texas for care at
no cost to them.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
• Expanded our volunteer program, engaging 73 active volunteers
who contributed 2,883 hours in activities such as tabling at
community events, telling their story to show the impact of our
work, taking shifts at the front desk, working as oce aides,
making period packs, and attending rallies and marches.
• Created our rst book club in the Rio Grande Valley to discuss
books about topics that aect our communities, with guest
speakers from partners such as the Brownsville LGBTQ+ Task
Force and Angry Tias and Abuelas.
• Raised more than $5.4 million through 10,395 gifts from 2,475
known donors and countless unknown donors to support health
care and education.
• Organized the Planned Parenthood South Texas Annual
Luncheon featuring Stacey Abrams and Wendy Davis, setting
a record for attendance and raising hundreds of thousands of
dollars to support health care and education.