Choose When

At Caring for Colorado, we believe that access to reproductive healthcare, including affordable and accessible contraceptive care, is a fundamental human right. The ability to decide if and when to start a family is crucial for each individual’s overall health and well-being.

Choose When works to ensure that all contraceptive methods are affordable for everyone in Colorado. By offering grants to safety net clinics across the state, we aim to ease the financial burden for people who are uninsured, underinsured, or require confidential services. The grants make contraception more accessible at no cost to the patient.

Choose When is a three-year pilot project designed to tackle the financial barriers that currently hinder access to contraceptive care. Our goal is to enhance healthcare financing and systems of care so that initiatives like Choose When are no longer necessary. We envision a future where everyone of reproductive age has the healthcare access they need to make informed decisions about their futures.

Choose When provides grant funding to community-based safety net clinics to stock and offer a full range of contraceptive options. This grant funding focuses on safety net clinics in areas with limited access to contraception and those serving large numbers of uninsured and underinsured individuals.

In 2024, Caring for Colorado awarded $600,000 to 24 safety-net health clinics across Colorado through the Choose When program. To understand the early results of Choose When funding, we conducted semi-structured conversations with clinicians, clinic managers, or other administrative staff from these organizations. These interviews occurred in October and November of 2024, approximately three months after the Choose When grant was awarded. Valuable insights were gained from these conversations and compiled into a brief report.