Reproductive Health

Women's Wellness Connection

About Women's Wellness Connection

Women's Wellness Connection is making it easier for Colorado women to live healthy, cancer-free lives and make our free breast and cervical cancer screening program more accessible to women in Teller County. The program is dedicated to providing free breast and cervical cancer screening to low income, uninsured and underserved women across Colorado.

Women's Wellness Connection Program Eligibility

Women's Wellness Connection and WISEWOMAN provide free screenings to women who:
- Live in Colorado or a bordering state.
- Are 40 to 64 years old (for breast cancer screenings).
- Are 21 to 64 years old (for cervical cancer screenings).
- Have limited or no health insurance to pay for these screenings.
- Have an income of no more than 2.5 times the Federal Poverty Level.

Are You Eligible? Visit the Federal Poverty Level Calculator Website

For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call TCPH at 719-687-6416

Women's Wellness Connection Funding

Women's Wellness Connection is administered through the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and has been the recipient of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) grant since 1991. Through the Women's Wellness Connection Program, the CDC's NBCCEDP funds agencies to provide screening services, including clinical breast exams, mammograms, pelvic exams and Pap tests to underserved women. Through the Women's Wellness Connection Program, the CDC's NBCCEDP also funds post-screening diagnostic services, such as surgical consultation and biopsy to ensure that all women with abnormal results receive timely and adequate referrals.

About Breast Cancer

- 80% of breast lumps are non-cancerous.
- When caught early, 98% of women live to survive breast cancer.
- Early on, most breast cancers don't cause any physical symptoms, so without regular screening there's no way of knowing you have it.
- Annual mammography combined with clinical breast exams and appropriate and timely follow-up treatment for women age 50 and older can reduce breast cancer mortality by about one-third.

CDC - Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know

About Cervical Cancer

- A Pap test can find cervical abnormal cells years before any cancer actually exists.
- Early on, cervical cancer usually doesn't cause any physical symptoms, so without a test there is no way of knowing it's there.
- The earlier cervical cancer is found, the better the chances of successful treatment and survival. In fact, when cervical cancer is found early, there is 92% survival rate.
- Getting a Pap Smear is the only way to find abnormal cells.

Cervical Cancer Month Proclamation
Cervical Cancer: What You Need to Know

Sexual Health Services 

  • Preconception Counseling
  • Pregnancy Counseling and Testing
  • Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Testing and treatment
  • Birth Control
  • Abstinence Counseling
  • Exams for men and women
  • Sexual Health Education
  • HPV vaccine

Types of Birth Control Available

  • Condoms- male and female
  • Birth control pills
  • Patches
  • Nuvaring
  • Depo Provera (3-month injection)
  • Nexplanon (Arm implant, up to 5 years)
  • IUD, Hormonal and Non-hormonal (up to 12 years)
  • Emergency Contraception (eligible if 5 days or less since unprotected sex)
  • To find out more about the different options of birth control, visit Bedsider Birth Control Website

Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Testing & Treatment

  • Testing for both men and women
  • Testing for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, HIV, Syphilis, Hepatitis C and Herpes
  • Treatment available on-site
  • To find out more about Sexually Transmitted Diseases, view a list of CDC Resources

Divide Clinic

11115 W Highway
24 Unit 2C 
Divide, CO 80814 (above and behind Teller Markets, formerly Venture Foods at the corner of Highway 67 and Highway 24)
Divide Clinic Map

Clinic Hours
Tuesday 9 am to 4 pm

Extended Hours: The third Tuesday of every month until 6:30 pm

Cripple Creek Clinic

(School-Based Health Center) Located at: 
Cresson Elementary School 412 N B Street 
Cripple Creek, CO 80813 (use B Street entrance)
Cripple Creek Clinic Map

Clinic Hours
Wednesday
11:45 am to 4:15 pm

Walk-In appointments available Monday through Friday for Emergency Contraception