Boulder Valley Women's Health Center

Providing accessible, confidential and comprehensive gynecological and reproductive healthcare, including sexual health services and education.

The Boulder Valley Women’s Health Center provides our Family Planning Program to the Boulder and surrounding community. This is a wellness program for all teens and women that provides preventive health screening, birth control, sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnosis and treatment, health education and risk assessment. All services are provided by Advanced Practice Nurses (APN), including Nurse Practitioners and Certified Nurse Midwives. Most services are provided according to the program guidelines of the federal Title X family planning program, a program that Women’s Health has participated in since 1985. Women’s Health is the only Title X provider in Boulder County. Title X requires that all family planning services be provided on a sliding fee scale based on a patient’s income. It also requires that fees slide to $0 for patients below 100% of the federal poverty level. Women’s Health chooses to apply this sliding fee scale to all services provided in the family planning clinic, regardless of whether they are Title X-required services or not.

Two important programs in the Family Planning program are Women's Wellness Connection (WWC) and Komen Breast Cancer Screening. These two programs work together to assure that low income women between the ages of 40-64 receive mammograms and/or Pap smears when indicated. Other funds for the family planning program are provided by Boulder County, City of Boulder, Longmont, Louisville, Broomfield, private foundations and individual donors.

Women’s Health has Spanish-bilingual staff members available for all patient visits and all educational materials are available in English and Spanish.

Some of our clinic time is reserved exclusively to serve teens under 20 years old at our Teen Clinic. Currently, Teen Clinic in Boulder is open 16 clinician hours per week, and the Teen Clinic located in Longmont is open 12 clinician hours per week. During Teen Clinic hours, no adults are seen, and all services are provided without charge. The exact same services are available during Teen Clinic as during adult family planning clinic hours. Parental involvement is encouraged but, by law in Colorado, teens may access family planning and STI services without parental knowledge or consent. Home-based Contraception (HBC) is another clinical service provided in conjunction with Boulder County Public Health’s GENESIS program that provides support services for parenting teens. HBC provides injectable birth control to teen moms in their homes by a Women's Health RN, in an effort to prevent the subsequent births that often occur while they are still in their teens.

Community Health Education is an important aspect of the Youth Services Program. Community Health Educators from Women’s Health are experts in teaching comprehensive sexuality education to middle and high school aged students. These educators will also train health teachers the newest in contraception, risk reduction and sexual health strategies. In addition, we provide education to parents on how to talk to their teens about sex and sexuality. Historically, we provided sexuality education when invited into health classes only in the BVSD. The St Vrain Valley School District which serves Longmont and nearby communities changed its sexual health curriculum as of 2007-2008 school year to comprehensive sexuality education and Women’s Health is one of two approved resources for that school district. Another aspect of
the education program is the Sexual Health and AIDS Awareness Peer Education (SHAPE) program. This program trains 12-15 youth each year to be peer educators, so that accurate information is disseminated in schools and youth can mentor other youth. SHAPERs also assist in sexual health education in the classroom.

Scheduling & Costs

How to Schedule an Appointment:

Women’s Health uses Next Day Scheduling. To schedule an appointment, you must call the business day before you would like to come to the clinic.

Please call Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday at 9am to schedule an appointment for the following day. To schedule an appointment on Monday please call Friday at 9am.

We do not offer routine gynecological care on Friday, thus we do not schedule appointments on Thursday.

To schedule an appointment for either Boulder or Longmont, please call the main clinic line: 303-442-5160. Call the clinic early in the day for the best availability. Appointments are scheduled on a first call, first serve basis.

NOTE: In September, we will be switching to a new computer system. Please bear with us if you experience any delays. We’re learning our new system, which will help us serve our patients better!

Same-day and Walk-in appointments (no appointment necessary, but waiting time may be longer) are available for the following services:

* Emergency contraception (the “morning-after pill”)
* Pregnancy testing and counseling
* Urinary Tract Infection evaluation and treatment, for current patients only.

We do not schedule appointments in advance. If you experience an extraordinary situation where you cannot access our Next Day Scheduling, please call during business hours Monday-Friday to speak with a staff member.

For all patients under 20 years of age, visit our Teen Clinic website for information about how to schedule an appointment during Teen Clinic hours.


How to Pay for your Appointment:

One of the best parts about coming to Women’s Health is that you will pay us based on your income and ability to pay.

Payment is due on your appointment day. Your payment must be made with cash, MasterCard, Discover Card or VISA, personal check, a cashier’s check, or a money order. We do not accept American Express

Some services are provided without charge to those who qualify. To qualify, please bring proof of your income such as a tax return, recent paycheck stub, or a letter from your employer. Insurance is also accepted.