Planned Parenthood Of Central And Western New York Inc

In 2024, restore provided free and confidential crisis intervention, support, and legal services to 1,703 unduplicated survivors of sexual assault and their loved ones across monroe, genesee, livingston, orleans, and wyoming counties, where it also served as the designated non-shelter provider for domestic violence services. The team of 28 professionalsincluding an attorney, counselors, advocates, educators, therapists, paralegals, supervisors, managers, and a directordelivered 5,167 phone counseling sessions, 1,096 in-person counseling sessions, and responded to 1,054 hotline calls. Restore maintained partnerships with nine area colleges and universities, including rit, university of rochester, suny brockport, genesee community college, monroe community college, st. John fisher college, colgate divinity school, nazareth college, and suny geneseo, offering direct services to students and staff with office space on most campuses. Additionally, restore provided services in 12 correctional facilities, including five county jails and state and federal institutions such as albion, attica, groveland, lakeview, orleans, wyoming, and the buffalo federal detention center. Restore outreach and education team reached an additional 20,587 community members through public outreach, prevention education and safe touches programs with kids.

O education and outreach provides educational programming on sexual and reproductive health across our region. In 2024, we served 101 zip codes in 15 counties. Overall, education and outreach provided education programs and outreach to 66,727 children, teens and adults, including through our 4 youth programs the connection, teen reality theatre, in control, and peer health advocates programs. The connection is a youth program in the city of niagara falls that provides free programs, including health education, evidence-based programs, homework assistance, job application assistance, gardening, sports, healthy cooking and healthy snacks to over 659 priority underserved youth over 244 open days. Teen reality theatre is our youth program in the city of buffalo that serves over 155 individuals. Participants write, create and perform skits and plays about adolescence, healthy relationships, and reproductive health for their peers and families. Participants are also peer health educators. In control teen pregnancy prevention program in the city of rochester empowered 6,080 teens through educational, vocational and recreational projects. Other activities for youth included photography, dance, color guard, drum corps, music, podcasting, sewing/fashion, film and theater development and community service projects. Some participants become paid youth peer health educators. Peer health advocates in the city of syracuse provides youth peer education for priority youth and reached 6,161. Peer health advocates also help with the diaper bank, providing free diapers and supplies to patients, and gain paid work experience.