About Us
Big picture thinking. Real world results.
AccessMatters, a non-profit, public health organization located in Center City Philadelphia, envisions a future where every person has the health care and information they seek. In service to that vision, AccessMatters’ mission is to protect, expand, and enhance equitable access to sexual and reproductive health care and information for all people.
Transforming conversations about why access matters.
As fearless advocates for sexual and reproductive health, we galvanize stakeholders and policymakers regionally and nationally to de-stigmatize sexual and reproductive health. We are committed to raising the flag of sexual and reproductive health in each community where we work, to make it a public health priority, and a core component of primary care.
Not just experts. Experienced.
For more than 40 years, our organization has been working to successfully eliminate economic, social, cultural, and geographic barriers to care for more than 200,000 people annually in southeastern Pennsylvania and beyond.
Seeing the big picture.
Our relationships with a vast spectrum of health care providers and strategic partners–from leading academic institutions to community organizations–gives us the ability to identify opportunities and solutions where others do not. Not only does this unique and powerful perspective enhance all our partner support services, but it also guides our advocacy and community engagement.
Programs
AccessMatters develops, implements, and evaluates programs that make a sustained community impact. Through our deep community connections, we provide effective supportive services to teens and adults in need, specializing in high-risk and hard-to-reach populations.
Services
AccessMatters’ Services leverage our expertise and comprehensive network of health care providers. This network includes both specialty and primary care clinics, community-based providers, academic hospitals, federally qualified health centers, as well as our own community health workers.
Training
AccessMatters provides distance learning and in-person training opportunities, using learning collaborative and adult learning principles. Our professional staff train hundreds of health care and social service providers locally, regionally, and nationally.
Consulting
AccessMatters assists providers in identifying strategies and solutions to enhance care while assessing and monitoring costs. Our projects are designed to increase consume engagement, facilitate efficient service delivery and utilization of preventative and outpatient services, and assess effective reimbursement strategies.
Research
AccessMatters conducts community-based practice research, service utilization review, program evaluation, and needs assessment. Our research team frequently partners with leading academic institutions, complementing their strengths with the practical, on-the-ground experience of our expansive provider networks.
AccessMatters
1700 Market Street, Suite 1540 Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: (215) 985-2600 | Fax: (215) 732-1252 | info@accessmatters.org
Formerly Family Planning Council -founded 1972
