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EVERYONE HAS A ROLE
ORGANIZATIONAL REPORT2014
Everyone has a role2 |
From Melanie & Jennifer
AWARE. INFORMED. CONFIDENT. EMPOWERED. These are the words of nurses,
social workers and counselors talking about the role
they now play in helping women access abortion. In
2014 Provide trained over 800 front line providers
throughout the Southeastern United States – most
of whom had never talked about abortion with their
patients and clients – to be powerful resources for
women, exactly where their support is needed most.
The harsh reality is that abortion restrictions continue
to pass at unprecedented rates, making abortion care
increasingly hard for the average woman to locate
and access. This situation is even harder for women
who live in communities where health care in general
is hard to obtain; for women who may be homeless,
victims of domestic violence, and struggling with
substance abuse or other health issues; or for women
who simply lack supportive friends and family
when it comes to abortion. Women deserve accurate,
judgment free medical care and we are helping
our health and social service system provide it:
opening up conversations about abortion, correcting
misinformation, and giving providers the tools to
counsel and refer women even if they are personally
opposed to abortion. The willingness and ability of
these providers to be a resource to women seeking
abortion is a bright spot in abortion access.
Abortion access in the Southeast is in urgent need
of intervention; now is the time to invest in abortion
referral-making, an innovative strategy that works.
We hope you will join us in addressing this critical,
but for many years overlooked, component of access
and in building a community in which everyone
plays a role.
Melanie ZurekExecutive Director
Jennifer Marshall PepperBoard President
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“I AM CHRISTIAN AND I AM PRO-LIFE. WHEN I HEARD THIS TRAINING HAD
INFORMATION ABOUT ABORTION I WAS A BIT SURPRISED AND
UNPREPARED. BUT BECAUSE OF THE PROFESSIONALISM AND IN-DEPTH TRAINING THESE PEOPLE
PROVIDED, I WALKED OUT FEELING LIKE I COULD ASSIST SOMEONE MORE HOLISTICALLY, INSTEAD OF DISCOURAGING THEM. IT
MADE A CHANGE IN ME, AND IT IS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE TRAINING THAT I NOW BELIEVE I
CAN BE A BETTER RESOURCE TO THE COMMUNITY.”
~ Sarah, South Carolina rural public health nurse, who requested that the incentive for participating in our evaluation survey, a $25 gift card, be donated back to Provide.
4 | Everyone has a role
Theory of Change
Provide trains individual health care and social service workers about abortion.
Together, these institutions can change the lives of the women who come to them and change the systems to which they belong. Those systems can change the culture to one where abortion is a part of women’s health care that every provider has the ability to help with.
These individual providers take their knowledge and willingness to provide abortion-related care back to their institutions, where their knowledge supports many other health professionals.
These institutions touch the lives of hundreds and thousands of women of reproductive age who may need abortion services.
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Where We Work
We work where health care choices are limited, difficult to locate and financially
impossible for many people. Widespread stigma,
organized opposition, and a shortage of providers
make meeting patient and client needs especially
difficult regarding abortion.
Our vision is grounded in the belief that all
women should have access to safe abortion care,
regardless of where they live. We go right to the
toughest places, rural communities and Southern
states, to build infrastructure and support abortion
care for the people in these places.
Provide is proud to have achieved Guidestar’s Gold Level Participant Status in 2014.
6 | Everyone has a role
Referrals
One in three women will have an abortion in their lifetime, yet many health and social service
providers are unequipped to
support their patients and clients
around abortion care. Our referrals
program trains providers to give
accurate, caring abortion referrals.
Project sites leave our program
with a better understanding of
abortion care and the women who
seek it, a commitment to providing
abortion referrals to women who
need them, and the skills and
resources to address the abortion-
related needs of their clients.
As clinics close and abortion
becomes harder to locate and
access, health and social service
providers play an increasingly
important role in ensuring our
systems can meet women’s
needs. Abortion referrals are an
achievable step toward a stronger
system of care. Our referrals
project works to eliminate barriers
caused by stigma, organized
opposition, and lack of basic
education and resources on
abortion. We reach beyond the
labels “pro-choice” and “pro-life”
to help providers exercise their
professional commitment to caring
for women and respecting their
patients’ essential autonomy.
Abortion can be addressed as
an integrated part of women’s
care, even, and especially, where
this inclusion is most needed.
Together, we are creating a
network of providers across
primary care, family planning,
and specialized services for
substance abuse, domestic
violence, and mental health, who
are trained and willing to support
women to access abortion – safely,
with dignity, and for all.
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“Everybody is now on the inside,
everyone knows how to do things,
everyone has a common language to
deal with it and a frame of reference…
Before the training we felt like if we got
caught making a referral we’d be in
big trouble. This sanitized the process
and now when we help patients we feel a lot better.”
Impact
Over 800 health care providers have been trained to do abortion referrals for their patients and clients and
there are tens of thousands of women in referrals trained systems of care. This curriculum is now available
online for free.
Our Referrals Trainings:
» Increased the percentage of providers who feel they have the skills and information they need to effectively refer a client.
» Increased provider knowledge of the safety of abortion.
» Increased provider intention to present all options without judgment or bias.
» Increased intention to provide a referral for abortion.
93%58%
95%45%
85%53%
58%38%
Quotes from satisfied participants include:
“I have trouble with just the whole
topic of abortion. It’s not something
I’m fond of or agree with. But the
trainer presented it in a way where I realized it’s not my body and,
in the position I’m in, I have to be
sensitive to my clients’ needs.”
Everyone has a role8 |
Nursing
Many nurses do not have access to education on
unintended pregnancy and abortion care, especially
nurses living in states where abortion is highly
stigmatized. This severely reduces our health care
system’s ability to respond to the needs of thousands
of pregnant women. It leads to staff shortages at
family planning and abortion clinics and can prevent
hospitals from being able to provide abortion care.
Provide, and the Provide-based ROE Consortium
for Nursing, has been working on integrating
unintended pregnancy care into nursing education
and practice for 12 years. Our current focus is on
a newly developed competency-based curriculum,
rolling out next year, and on developing nursing
leaders in Southern states.
Essential Competencies in Unintended Pregnancy
Prevention and Care for Nursing Education
(Hewitt, C., and Cappiello, J., 2015) presents 27
core competencies as a framework for curricular
development in nursing education and will be
available on our website in 2015. In 2014, Provide
offered an online Resource Guide based on these
competencies with tools, articles, presentations,
workbooks, and sample materials for faculty to
incorporate into their curricula, for nursing students
to further their education, and to improve clinical
services for women experiencing unintended
pregnancy.
By developing the expectation that all nurses must
be competent in caring for unintended pregnancy,
and by creating curriculum resources that build
that competency, we are working towards a future
where no nurse is unprepared to care for unintended
pregnancy. Towards a future in which all nurses
feel competent, supported and able. And towards a
future where women are supported by the health care
providers they trust, in whatever decisions they make.
“I was impressed by Provide’s intelligent,
focused and proactive approach to its
mission. As a woman dedicated to helping
women who didn’t have the advantages I
had, I’m proud to be a part of Provide.”
~ Mary O’Doherty, Provide Board Member and Assistant Director, Kentucky Coalition Against Domestic Violence
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“THE PEOPLE I TALK TO WANT THIS INFORMATION, AND THE ACTIVISTS AND ADVOCATES
I KNOW ARE EXHAUSTED, DISCOURAGED, AND MIRED IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. I
SEE THE IMPACT THAT PROVIDE’S PRESENCE HAS IN OKLAHOMA WAY BEFORE WE GET INTO A
TRAINING ROOM. THE IDEA THAT ANYONE IS THINKING OR TALKING
ABOUT ACCESS TO ABORTION WITH HEALTH AND SOCIAL PROVIDERS IS A MASSIVELY
HOPEFUL ONE.”~ Karolyn Chowning, Provide Oklahoma State Coordinator in her note accompanying her
annual donation. Provide is fortunate to have 100% staff giving two years in a row.
* = 5+ consecutive years° = 10+ consecutive years
Everyone has a role10 |
Generous Supporters
Ms. Randy AlbeldaJanet & Jeff AltamariWyndi AndersonJessica AronsAnn & Roger AveryTraci Baird & Matthew Dalva°Maggie BakerJulia BattelJohn & Mary Ann BeckleyMarie BernardySusanna BirdsongNancy BootheEmily BrouwerJerry Busch*Joyce & Dan CappielloRobert & Patricia CarnegieSara CastellanoElena Cohen & Steve Ritz*Clare ColemanProfessor & Mrs. M. Colyer CrumLeah CoplonBarbara L. Cullen, Esq. °Rebecca Davis-NordSuzy DayMonica Dostal & Mike WeinsteinAndrea DurhamKaren Edlund & Philip WoodburyCathy England°Andrea FlynnJoshua FreemanMichelle Freshman*Marlene & William FriedEleanor Friedman & Jonathan CohenLaurie Friedman & Barbara HumeJoan C. Goodrich, Esq.*Burton Grad & Carol Anne AncesMarc Grella, MDClaire HackettAmanda HainsworthTom & Daria HartJulia Haverstock-WagnerRebecca & Molly HolderJeanette Helfrich*Elise Henricks & Anthony Dutzik*Stanley Henshaw°Ms. Lorinda HohenbrinkMegan HoldrenF. Margo HornbackSusan & Ed Hume
Sujatha JesudasonLynn JordanJanice JuraskaMegan Kennedy JusticeMardi KildebeckKathleen KniselyDonald Kollisch, MD & Patricia Glowa, MD*Rochelle KormanEric KramerGloria Kramer*Jay KriegelJoellen Lambiotte & Phil KarberElaine Landes & David FelsonFrancie LikisFrances LinkinSusan LoveFausta LuchiniJudy MargoJennifer Marshall PepperAmy MatthewsBrooke McConnell & Chris Hemstead*Dr. Jill MeadowsBarbara MeislinKaren & Lawrence MeltzerPeg MillerAshley F. MillerFred MillhiserMelissa MooreMarie MorrisDaniel MorrisonPatricia MurphyEdward NikkolaJudy Norsigian*NotAlone.usMary O’Doherty & Alice LyonColleen O’DonnellJenny O’DonnellLynn PaltrowJan Paradise, MD°Jane Parnes & Bill PersiAlisa PascaleDiane PearlmanBree PearsallSarah PragerAbby D. PrattPhilip PrestonVanessa ReidChris Reisdorf & Sheila Collins
Alex RenwanzTeresa RibadeneyraDeborah RogowDiane Roseman*K. Rosenfield, MDJena RotheimDavid SacherLaurel Saville & Ned LeckyWiley ShererHelen Shin*Jane SingerSerra SippelEva SkillicornDelacey SkinnerBarbara SmithJudith Ellen Smith°Caroline SniderJoseph SpeidelJudith Stacey*Lisa Stone*Lee & Byron StookeyDebra Stulberg & Andrew HowardDiana TaylorRebecca TerrellSusan ThornerCatherine WalkerAdria WarrenJanet WattsNorma Jo WaxmanLois Wessel, FNPJudith WeissPeggy WiesenbergCaitlin WillenbrinkBeverly WinikoffMary WissemannBarbara WoodAbigail WoodhouseNARAL Pro-Choice Wyoming Education ProjectSherry & Sarah ZitterMelanie ZurekJohn & Barb Zurek
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Why is individual support so critical?
Even if you’re not a social worker, or a clinician, or
an organizer, or living in one of our project states,
or even if you are, we know EVERYONE has a role
to play in making abortion accessible.
Thanks to the generosity and commitment of all
of our individual donors, Provide has been able to
expand our state teams and reach hundreds more
people with resources on how to address abortion
We have many anonymous donors. Our list reflects our commitment to not print a donor’s name without express permission to do so. If you do not see your name on this list and would like to be publicly acknowledged, please contact bmc@provideaccess.org.
in their settings. This impact not only changes day-to-
day client/patient/clinician interaction in our states,
but begins to turn the tide of stigma around abortion.
Together we carry forward the radical idea that people
who are ambivalent or even oppose abortion will still
act to support women who need it and that this action
will make abortion feel more understandable, more
normal, less stigmatized and ultimately, accessible.
Provide(d) Circle Major Donors
* = 5+ consecutive years° = 10+ consecutive years
Naomi Aberly
Christy & Akira Fujio
Susan Dickler & Emily Hoppe°
Morgan Hankins*
Mrs. Francis W. Hatch Jr.°
Jeanne Haws
Robert Kushen
Nancy Leavens
Dr. Alice Mark
Margaret Munzer Loeb & Daniel Loeb
Liz Loomis & Jack Bolles
Dr. Marcy Oppenheimer & Dr. Joseph Neale
Dan & Sally Pellegrom
The Melody S. Robidoux Foundation
B. T. Rocca, Jr. Foundation
Laura A. Rosenbury*
Lois Russell through the Quid Nunc Fund of Boston Foundation*
Janet Singer & Andrew Grad°
Mark Smith & Theodore Achacoso
Jim & Debby Stein Sharpe*
Alice Stowell°
Tani Takagi
Brian Zurek
Lee Zurek°
(12 more anonymous)
87%
7%6%
91%
9% 1%
85%
9%
6%
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2014 Financials
ExpensesProgram = $1,447,004
Fundraising = $119,603
Management = $92,962
Grants = $1,509,000
Contributions = $141,671
Other = $9,633
Referrals
Nursing
Communications
Income
Project Spending
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“I GIVE TO PROVIDE BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING TO EXPAND AND SECURE ABORTION ACCESS
IN SOME OF THE COUNTRY’S GREATEST AREAS OF NEED. IN THE PROCESS THEY ARE
MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE — EXPANDING IMPORTANT
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ABORTION AS A CRITICAL PART
OF COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE AND AS A PILLAR OF SOCIAL
AND ECONOMIC WELLBEING.” ~ Monthly Sustainer, Andrea Flynn, Roosevelt Institute Fellow
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StaffMelanie Zurek, Ed.M, Executive Director
Wyndi Anderson, Senior Director of Programs
Maggie Baker, Office Manager
Joyce Cappiello, PhD, RN, FNP, Director of the ROE Consortium
Karolyn Chowning, MS, Oklahoma State Field Coordinator
LaTischa Drake, Program Assistant
Camilla Eubanks, North Carolina State Field Coordinator
Rebecca Hart, J.D., Associate Director of Programs
Brooke McConnell, J.D., Director of Fund Development
Ashley F. Miller, Communications Officer
Melissa Moore, South Carolina State Field Coordinator
Jenny O’Donnell, M.Sc., Deputy Director
Bree Pearsall, MSW, Kentucky State Field Coordinator
BoardJennifer Marshall Pepper, President
Mary O’Doherty, Treasurer
Janet Singer, CNM, Clerk
Traci Baird, MPH, Director
Susan Dickler, MPA, MSW, Director
Christy Fujio, JD, MA, Director
Daniel E. Pellegrom, M.Div., Director
Joseph Speidel, MD, MPH, Director
Lisa M. Stone, JD, Director
Melanie Zurek, EdM, Director
Board and Staff
Foundations
Anonymous* (3)
Argosy Foundation
Avis and Clifford Barrus Medical
Foundation
Brush Foundation
Compton Foundation
Ettinger Foundation
Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund
Irving Harris Foundation
girls just wanna have funD of
Horizons Foundation
OMA Fund of the Ms. Foundation
for Women
New Directions Foundation
David and Lucile Packard
Foundation
Samuel Rubin Foundation
Mary Wohlford Foundation
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Vision
Provide works to make sure that women have access
to abortion, especially those living in low-resource
rural and Southern communities. Provide empowers
and educates health and social service providers to
be able to give the care and support women facing
unintended pregnancy need. Our work is rooted in
the on-the-ground realities of women’s lives and of
the systems and resources that are available to them.
It is guided by our conviction that everyone has a role
to play in supporting women’s access to abortion.
We believe accessible abortion is one of the essential
components of women’s dignity, autonomy and
well-being. By empowering health and social service
providers to respond to women’s needs in a way that
is rooted in patient and client-centered care, instead
of abortion’s moral and political controversies, we can
help normalize abortion, generate empathy, and build
capacity where it is most needed.
Provide, Inc.www.provideaccess.org
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