Given the extraordinary challenges facing Texas women and their families trying to access reproductive health care, PPGC is highly focused on: * promoting access, and removing barriers, to health care; * providing more comprehensive and integrated health care for our patients; * and improving health care outcomes.

In Fiscal Year 2016 (Sept 1, 2015 - Aug 31, 2016), our comprehensive strategies to achieve these objectives include: - Provide education resources, linking patients to care, and improving health care outcomes by using a proven model, the Promotoras program (also known as Community Health Workers -- CHWs). CHWs are frontline public health professionals who are trusted by, and often members of, the communities they serve. These trusting relationships allow CHWs to connect with underserved populations that the health care system struggles to reach; - Expand our medical services offerings in our Family Planning Health Centers to better serve our patients throughout the continuum of care; - Educate thousands of health insurance consumers and helping them enroll in health care plans; - Conduct Good Neighbor Canvasses to build relationships in the communities near our health centers, increase knowledge of our services, and provide referrals for care; - Develop targeted paid advertising campaigns to increase knowledge of our low-cost services and bolster our ACA enrollment efforts.

PPGC's reputation in our communities is built on trust; we have proven ourselves over the last eighty years as a place where women, men, and teens can come for non-judgmental, compassionate, affordable, and high-quality care. PPGC is governed by a twenty-two member Board of Directors that provides the community leadership to guide and support the Planned Parenthood mission. The Board's major roles are: to plan for the long term future of the affiliate; to focus on our vision, mission, values, governance, and monitoring; and to evaluate the CEO. In FY2015, 100 percent of the Board of Directors made financial contributions and attendance at Board Meetings was 85 percent. PPGC is led by a Chief Executive Officer and President, Melaney Linton, who assumed the position in 2012, and has 27 years of experience with PPGC. As CEO, Ms. Linton oversees the three service branches of PPGC: Internal Services, Program Services, and External Services for our two-state affiliate. Volunteers founded PPGC in 1936 and today are still an integral part of the organization. With more than 300 active volunteers throughout Southeast Texas and Louisiana, our volunteers support PPGC in a variety of ways, from welcoming health center patients as clinical escorts and assisting staff with administrative support, to providing medically accurate information at health fairs and canvassing the community as advocates for healthy sexuality. PPGC also benefits from the guidance of Faith Leaders Advisory Committees which include representatives from all faiths. In addition, PPGC has a strong local and national image and infrastructure supported by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). PPGC partners with various community-based organizations to ensure that our services have broad-based reach and impact. As a result of the trusting relationships we have built over the years with our partners and their constituents, we are also able to link participants to direct care and encourage them to seek the health care services they need, and that we provide.

PPGC measures the impact and efficacy of our programs by tracking and analyzing the following data: • Numbers/demographics of clients and types of clinical services rendered • Costs per client and number of client visits per medical staff hour • Numbers/demographics of persons reached through education and types of activities conducted • Pre- and post-activity surveys to gather client feedback on their levels of healthy behavior, knowledge gained, and on the quality of our services and staff • Volunteers and their activities • Client testimonials – the most meaningful indicators of the value of our work Just as PPGC's client services are measured and evaluated according to standard processes, our financial/business practices are also measured and evaluated by required reporting methods; these include annual reports to all public and private grantors, as well as quarterly reports to our board. Internally, the performance of our programs is monitored each month against budget, net income, gross margin, costs per visit, and revenue by source. All data are monitored continuously for anomalies and deviations from the norm so that problems can be quickly addressed. PPGC's management team also meets regularly to discuss progress and solve problems as they arise. Our affiliate operates under a four-year strategic plan that outlines strategies to maximize the impact of our core medical, educational and advocacy services.

In Fiscal Year 2015 (Sept. 1, 2014- Aug. 31, 2015), Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast provided comprehensive reproductive health care, education, and advocacy to women and men in the Gulf Coast Region. In Texas, PPGC provided: HEALTH CARE SERVICES • 56,453 health care visits for women, men and teens (family planning, HIV and dysplasia) • 33,853 unduplicated patients served -27,691 women -6,163 men -1,197 teens (female and male clients under age 18) • An estimated 6,343 unintended pregnancies averted through birth control • 4,068 cervical cancer screening tests • 59,685 sexually transmitted infection tests • 16,970 HIV prevention counseling and testing visits • 4,668 Well Woman exams • 604 Visits for diagnosing and treatment of precancerous cervical conditions COMMUNITY OUTREACH & EDUCATION PROGRAMS PPGC reached over 10,000 individuals within our communities through our Education and Community Outreach efforts and our partnerships with over 100 private and public schools, universities, community centers, health-care providers, faith-based organizations, and cultural groups. Promotoras program: • Conducted 118 workshops/presentations reaching 1,731 participants • Conducted 27 Parent-child communication workshops Sexuality education for incarcerated and foster youth • Conducted 51 workshops, serving 414 youth; 100 percent linkage to care TeenREACH program • Conducted 4 member trainings with 15 participants Real Life, Real Talk program • Conducted 37 workshops serving 295 parents and 480 youth Professional trainings • Conducted 11 workshops providing training to 307 health care professionals Community Outreach Events • Attended 182 Health Fairs & Outreach Events informed 6,656 people about PPGC's services, distributed free condoms, and referred attendees to the nearest health center. ADVOCACY • Added 23,781 Texas supporters into the PPGC Voter Activation Network database • Educated 3,643 health insurance consumers • Helped 452 Texans enroll in healthcare plans during the second ACA enrollment period • Increased our volunteer base by 19 percent • Spent 1900 hours in the health centers doing Health Center Advocacy Program (HCAP) work