Back Off Baby – I Am in College

“Back Off Baby: I’m in College” will utilize a holistic approach to wrap around services that will address the “whole woman” utilizing a four-topic framework: policy & system change, sexual health services, information/education and accessibility to affordable reproductive healthcare. Hind Community College proposes to:

• Establish a female student council that will serve as the advocate for their peers as it relates to supporting the prevention of unplanned pregnancies.
• Single Stop will host workshops and awareness activities that will utilize an evidence-based sex education curriculum.
• Identify and eliminate barriers to accessing and receiving contraceptives.
• Network with local healthcare facilities to establish a sliding scale for students that are interested in receiving contraceptives for the prevention of unplanned pregnancies.
• Assist students with the completion of Mississippi Family Planning application and provide the students with the necessary support services to ensure the application is processed in a timely manner.
• Assist female students with appointments that have transportation barriers.
• Provide evidenced based training to a total of 160 HCC students.
• Assist the Dribble Institute with a model that can be used by other colleges/universities as it relates to best practices and strategies to the implementation of Love Notes in a collegiate setting.