Health Insurance

Take Charge Family Planning

Take Charge Family Planning is a state-funded and operated program for both females and males 13 and over, and provides one year of free family planning (birth control, sterilization, termination of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection prevention).

Covered services include:

• Confidential applications and services for anyone over the age of 13
• Annual examinations
• Family planning education and sexually transmitted disease prevention
• FDA-approved contraceptive methods, including birth control pills, IUDs and emergency contraception
• Over-the-counter products such as condoms, contraceptive creams or foams
• Sterilization procedures including vasectomies and tubal ligations
• Termination of pregnancy (with counseling)

To be eligible, individuals must:

• Have U.S. citizenship or five years of legal residency
• Be over the age of 13
• Have a family income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level
• Not have another health insurance program that covers family planning services.

Teens between the ages of 13-18 do not need to count their parents’ income. This is a confidential application and no parent information is collected.

Information

For more information, visit the Family Planning web site.