The LARC Access Project

[fusion_builder_container backgroundcolor=”” backgroundimage=”” backgroundrepeat=”no-repeat” backgroundposition=”left top” backgroundattachment=”scroll” video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_preview_image=”” overlay_color=”” video_mute=”yes” video_loop=”yes” fade=”no” bordersize=”0px” bordercolor=”” borderstyle=”” paddingtop=”20px” paddingbottom=”20px” menu_anchor=”” equal_height_columns=”no” hundred_percent=”no” class=”” id=””][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ layout=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding_top=”” padding_right=”” padding_bottom=”” padding_left=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none” last=”no” hover_type=”none” link=”” border_position=”all”][fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_spacing=”” rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_color=”” hide_pop_tinymce=”” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” id=””]Achieving full contraceptive choice is an important step towards ensuring that all people have the ability to choose if, when, and how to start and grow a family.

NIRH’s LARC Access Project addresses policy and systems-level barriers to long-acting reversible contraception (LARC), including IUDs and implants. This project is guided by two values: all people deserve access to the full range of contraceptive options so they can select and use the method that is right for them, and all work to increase access to reproductive health care, including contraception, must center patient autonomy and choice. Operating from this framework, NIRH focuses on access to LARC because a range of policy and systems-level barriers often make them difficult to provide and obtain, including low insurance reimbursement rates, inflexible health care administration systems, and lack of provider training.

NIRH supports its LARC partners by offering technical assistance as needed, linking their work to state and national trends and best practices, and lifting up their successes and lessons learned to share with the field.

2019 LARC Access Project Partners

• Arizona Family Health Partnership: Increasing Access to Postpartum LARC in Arizona
• EverThrive Illinois: Supporting Comprehensive Contraception, Including LARC, in Illinois School-Based Health Centers
• Converge: Partners in Access: Implementing Policy Change in Mississippi to Increase LARC Access at Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)
• Planned Parenthood of Montana and Blue Mountain Clinic: Developing a Pilot for LARC Access at Abortion Clinics in Montana
• American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico, Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, and Young Women United: Advancing LARC Access in New Mexico
• CHOICES Memphis Center for Reproductive Health: Increasing LARC Access in Clinics that Provide Comprehensive Reproductive Health Care in Tennessee
• SisterReach, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and Vanderbilt University: Advancing LARC Access in Tennessee within a Reproductive Justice Framework
• MedStar Washington Hospital Center and Community of Hope: Developing a Pilot for Nurse Midwife Immediate Postpartum LARC Provision at a Birth Center in Washington D.C.
• Wyoming Department of Health, Public Health Division, Maternal and Child Health: Improving Public and Private Payer Reimbursement for LARCs in Wyoming

2016-2018 LARC Access Project Partners

• Arizona Family Health Partnership: Implementing Immediate Postpartum LARC in Arizona
• Brigham & Women’s Hospital: Incorporating LARCs into Primary Care: The Role of Referrals
• Community Health Center Association of New York State (CHCANYS): Enabling Federally Qualified Health Centers to Integrate LARC
• Hawaii Maternal & Infant Health Collaborative: Addressing Systems and Administrative Barriers to LARC in Hawaii
• New Mexico Perinatal Collaborative, Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, Southwest Women’s Law Center, and Young Women United: Advancing LARC Access in New Mexico
• Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts: Offering Contraceptive Implants alongside Medication Abortion: A Demonstration Project
• Pro-Choice Massachusetts Foundation: Addressing Barriers to Immediate Postpartum LARC Access in Massachusetts
• Public Health Solutions and New York City Health + Hospitals: Providing LARCs with a Large, City-Run Health and Hospital Network
• SisterReach, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and Vanderbilt University: Overcoming Challenges to LARC Access Immediately After Birth in Tennessee
• University of Michigan Program on Women’s Healthcare Effectiveness Research (PWHER): Developing Evidence-Based Tools to Support Access to LARC
• University of Utah: Debundling Reimbursement of LARCs Immediately After Birth in Utah

 For more information on NIRH’s LARC Access Project, contact Lauren Coy at [email protected].[/fusion_text][fusion_separator style_type=”none” top_margin=”10″ bottom_margin=”” sep_color=”” icon=”” width=”” class=”” id=”” /][fusion_text]To stay up to date with NIRH’s LARC Access Project, join our mailing list below.[/fusion_text][fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_spacing=”” rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_color=”” hide_pop_tinymce=”” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” class=”” id=””][/fusion_text][/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]