What's your next step? You decide.

What We Do

A Step Ahead Chattanooga’s mission is to remove barriers to contraception through education, outreach, and access to birth control.

Every person has a right to achieve their big goals — at work, at home, in their relationship — but sometimes accessing birth control is harder than it needs to be. We make it easier for you to step ahead and stay ahead.

Who WE serve

Simply put: we believe contraception should be available to anyone who needs it. That’s why we offer FREE preventative birth control services to people living or going to school in our 18-county service area, which spans Southeast Tennessee (Bledsoe, Bradley, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Marion, Meigs, McMinn, Polk, Rhea, and Sequatchie County), Northwest Georgia (Catoosa, Dade, Murray, Walker, and Whitfield County), and Northeast Alabama (DeKalb and Jackson County).

Need a ride or assistance with transportation to your appointment? We take care of that too.

It’s important because getting pregnant when you’re not ready or when you are not intending to is devastating, hard, and scary. This program is so important and is such a wonderful thing. It saves a lot of heartache for people who do not have the means to pay for these services or have insurance. It’s nice knowing A Step Ahead is there for me if I need them. The staff at the clinic I went to were amazing and so super friendly.

This experience was so wonderful and put me at ease! I felt supported from the initial call, and while I didn't need condoms or a ride to the appointment, it meant so much because there was definitely a point in time where I would have needed those badly. Everyone was so sweet, it made me want to volunteer with this program one day.

I used A Step Ahead Chattanooga for my long-term birth control. There was no way I could afford it on my insurance alone. From the beginning of the process to the end everyone I interacted with was warm, kind, and helpful. It was a very good experience.

I love this!! The call was quick and easy and I was connected to the clinic immediately to make an appointment. The clinic I choose was very nice and all the staff was friendly and helpful! I have recommended this to my friends.

A Step Ahead Chattanooga is doing the good work of connecting people with clinics to get them the birth control they want. I’m so grateful for the organization. My doc was amazing and very efficient, which helped (my anxiety).

Education

Providing factual information that increases knowledge and awareness of preventative birth control

Outreach

Working with partners, volunteers, and leaders to share resources and make information about reproductive health more accessible

Access

Connecting individuals to free preventive contraception on their terms

Conversations with individuals about birth control and A Step Ahead Chattanooga, through 669 events

Individuals engaged through our education programs, including youths, adults, parents, service providers, and community members

Individuals who have accessed free birth control through A Step Ahead Chattanooga

Our work is powered by the generosity of our donors. Support our mission with a donation today, and make it easier for people across our service area to access vital reproductive health resources.