Health Resource Center Program
About The Health Resource Center Program:
AccessMatters’ Health Resource Center Program establishes school and community-based spaces where youth can access confidential, age-appropriate, and evidence-based health information and services. Health Resource Centers provide sexual health education and counseling, mental health screening and referrals, and related services. The program is designed to be accessible and nonjudgmental, allowing youth to seek support within trusted environments where they already spend time.
Health Resource Centers serve youth by:
- Encouraging critical thinking around sexual activity
- Promoting healthy relationships and behaviors regarding human sexuality
- Promoting safer sexual behavior, including access to and correct use of condoms and other safer sex tools
- Reducing unintended pregnancies and STI/HIV infection by providing referrals for reproductive healthcare services, contraception, and STI/HIV testing
Health Resource Center Impact:
Between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025, Health Resource Centers supported the community through the services and visits below:
The Health Resource Center Program, a program of AccessMatters, is supported by the Office of Population Affairs (OPA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $5,615,650 with 7.28% and $408,594 funded by OPA/OASH/HHS and 76% and $1,295,000 funded through the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The contents are those of the author (s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by OPA/OASH/HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit http://www.opa.hhs.gov. The Health Resource Center Program is also supported by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
AccessMatters
100 N. 20th Street, 5th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: (215) 985-2600 | Fax: (215) 732-1252 | info@accessmatters.org
Formerly Family Planning Council -founded 1972