HHS announces grantees for Title X family planning program
services
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) Office of Population Affairs announced the 96
grantees to whom HHS intends to award Title X family planning
service grants for fiscal year 2018. Twelve of the intended
awards go to grantees who are new to Title X.
These grants, which are expected to be awarded no
later than September 1, 2018, cover all 50 states, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and six Pacific
jurisdictions, and support delivery of Title X services in almost
4,000 service sites. Title X service grants are awarded through a
competitive process to public and private not-for-profit entities
including state and local health departments, hospitals, university
health centers, and nonprofit organizations, including community
health centers.
“Today’s announcement demonstrates our commitment
to continue providing access to high-quality family planning and
related preventive health services with an emphasis on overall
health and well-being of every person,” said Assistant Secretary
for Health Brett P. Giroir, M.D. “This vital public health
program makes important contributions toward achieving optimal
health outcomes for the women and men who depend on it.”
Through its network of grantees, the Title X program serves more than 4
million family planning clients, most of whom are low-income women.
The Title X program provides a broad range of family planning
methods and related preventive health services, such as
contraception (including natural family planning methods),
pregnancy testing and counseling, preconception health care, basic
infertility services, sexually transmitted disease screening and
treatment, and breast and cervical cancer screening. The Title X statute prohibits funds from being
used “in programs where abortion is a method of family planning.”
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