FROM KBFPC’S January 2024 COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER Friends, Happy new year! It was easy to come up with my word of the year… possibility. I like to think that the challenges we face, and I know we will face more again this year, can give birth to possibilities, solutions, and new ideas, when we join forces…
In December, Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic (KBFPC) was awarded a $10,000 grant from First National Bank Alaska to support KBFPC’s recent emergency capital project; repairing one of the two buildings on the KBFPC campus in Homer. During an unusually rainy summer in 2023 the building experienced significant damage to its lower level, which previously…
Coming up on January 30! As part of national “Project Homeless Connect” efforts to connect with and support anyone who is experiencing or at risk of homelessness, houselessness, housing insecurity, financial instability, or anyone in need of assistance, resources or extra support, each January groups on the Kenai Peninsula organize free one-day events to support…
This January, in observance of National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, KBFPC is sharing a series of informational posts about cervical cancer, HPV, and screening methods available at the clinic. We hope to broaden people’s understanding of the risk of cervical cancer and available prevention methods, and provide information that can help you protect yourself and…
FROM KBFPC’S DECEMBER 2023 COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER Friends, Happy holidays! 2023 has been full of unexpected challenges and successes and at this time of year all of us at KBFPC are taking the important opportunity to reflect on what we want 2024 to be. I am not going to be shy. There was a lot of…
Join KBFPC and support our efforts to keep comprehensive sexual & reproductive health and education accessible for all on the Kenai Peninsula! 2023 has been full of unexpected challenges and successes, and through it all our community’s steadfast and generous support has made a difference at Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic. As we approach the…
Forty Years Strong Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic is proud to present this annual report of our 2022-23 fiscal year and a look back at an incredible 40 years serving our community. See how your support impacts our services! (For a copy of our FY2023 Report, please contact [email protected].)
KBFPC was recently invited by the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA) to participate in a case study on Pop-Up Clinics. Our agency’s hard-won experience building a flexible and hybrid sexual & reproductive healthcare program in diverse areas of Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula offered unique insights on alternative models of care, and contributed to…
FROM KBFPC’S October 2023 COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER Friends, Every day, I am so appreciative of my KBFPC colleagues, each of whom make sure the reproductive health care and sexual health education we share is medically-accurate, relevant, clear, respectful, engaging, thorough, accessible, and useful. This is both trauma-informed and fundamental to health literacy. For 20 years healthcare…
This October, in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, KBFPC is sharing a series of informational posts about breast health, cancer prevention, and screening methods. We hope to broaden people’s understanding of the risk of breast cancer and available prevention methods, and provide information that can help you protect yourself and your loved ones. Follow…