Is the Supplemental Title X Funding Awarded by HHS Filling the Gaps in the Program?

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Is the Supplemental Title X Funding Awarded by HHS Filling the Gaps in the Program? A new KFF analysis finds that the supplemental Title X funding that HHS awarded to grantees to “prioritize filling service gaps” in the federal family planning program still leaves significant gaps in many parts of the country. Eighteen out of 90 grantees across the country have withdrawn from the program in response to new Trump Administration regulations which prohibit Title X clinics from providing abortion referrals, require physical separation of abortion services, and mandate prenatal care referrals for all pregnant women. The Office of Population Affairs, the agency that oversees the Title X program, offered the remaining grantees in 35 states the opportunity to obtain supplemental funding. Our analysis finds the majority (78%) of the grantees that received additional funding – which totaled $33.6 million -- were located in states that have either not had any changes to their Title X programs, or still had relatively intact networks. While these states may be using the additional funding to expand their networks and provide more services at the existing sites, the funds allocated to these states are not addressing gaps that were left by the grantees such as Planned Parenthood that left the Title X program. Furthermore, small grantees who received supplemental awards in Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts Minnesota, and New York – states that have seen most of their networks withdraw -- may struggle to make up for the more expansive service gaps left by larger grantees that withdrew from the program. Filling the need for trusted information on national health issues, the Kaiser Family Foundation is a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California.
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