Family Planning

Do you want to prevent a pregnancy? Do you want to plan a pregnancy? If your answer is "yes" to either of these questions, the Family PACT program may be for you.

What is Family PACT?

Family PACT is a program that provides eligible low-income men and women, with access to convenient, confidential family planning services, as well as education, counseling and treatment.

Family PACT can help you:

Learn how to prevent pregnancy
Plan for a healthy pregnancy
Learn options for an unplanned pregnancy
Prevent and treat sexually transmitted infections

Family PACT can give you:

Birth control pills, patches, shots, and implants
Emergency contraception
Intra-uterine contraceptives (IUDs)
Female and male condoms
Spermicides and diaphragms
Female and male sterilization

How Do I Qualify?

This family planning program is convenient, confidential and there is no cost to eligible men and women. Our income guidelines can help you find out if you are eligible for this program.

How Do I Apply?

Applying for the Family PACT program is easy. You can call our toll-free information line at 800-427-8982, or use our list of Sonoma County Family PACT Providers to find a doctor or clinic near you. They can help you with the simple application process, and qualify you for services right at their office.

Second-chance Birth Control

EC Info from Family PACT

Had unprotected sex? It's not too late! (pdf)

Emergency Contraception (EC), also known as the morning after pill, can prevent pregnancy after sex. EC is a higher dosage of the same hormones found in daily birth control pills. It is taken in one dose up to five (5) days after unprotected sex. Plan B is the name of the EC product on the market in the U.S. today.

EC is not the same thing as Mifeprex or RU-486, which terminates an early pregnancy. EC helps to prevent pregnancy. It is safe and doesn't work if a woman is already pregnant.

Most health care providers will dispense EC in advance with other birth control methods, or will prescribe it over the phone without a visit. Eligible women can obtain EC from a Family PACT provider at no cost. Medi-Cal will also cover prescriptions for EC. Participating pharmacies may dispense EC without a prescription for a $10 consultation fee, plus the cost of the EC pills. In August 2006, the FDA approved Plan B for over the counter (OTC) sale for individuals 18 and older. Women under 18 years of age still need a prescription, or can use the pharmacy access program.

For more information visit: www.not-2-late.com or call 1-888-NOT-2-LATE.