HHS Grants for Title X Family Planning Program

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Population Affairs today announced new Title X Family Planning Program grant awards to 14 organizations in Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Family planning services funded through the Title X program include: clinical family planning and related preventive health services; information, education, and counseling related to family planning; and referral services as indicated. Under current law, Title X funds cannot be used to provide or encourage abortion.

The HHS Office of Population Affairs oversees the Title X Family Planning Program, which funds 95 grantees that support nearly 4,200 family planning centers nationwide and serve approximately 4.5 million women and men each year. Title X grants are awarded through a competitive process to public and private not-for-profit entities. Services funded with Title X grants are provided by state and local health departments, hospitals, university health center, and nonprofit agencies.

The grant awards listed below are based on the FY 2015 budget and provide funding for the first year of the grant beginning July 1, 2015.

Grantee: Kansas Department of Health and Human Services

Location: Topeka, KS
Title X Service Area: State of Kansas
Award: $2,322,000

Grantee: Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services

Location: Frankfort, KY
Title X Service Area: State of Kentucky
Award: $5,414,000

Grantee: Missouri Family Health Council, Inc.

Location: Jefferson City, MO
Title X Service Area: State of Kansas – selected counties
Award: $200,000

Grantee: Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

Location: Lincoln, NE
Title X Service Area: State of Nebraska
Award: $2,072,000

Grantee: New York State Department of Health

Location: Albany, NY
Title X Service Area: State of New York – selected counties
Award: $9,762,000

Grantee: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

Location: Raleigh, NC
Title X Service Area: State of North Carolina – selected counties
Award: $5,250,000

Grantee: Planned Parenthood South Atlantic

Location: Raleigh, NC
Title X Service Area: State of North Carolina – selected counties
Award: $2,000,000

Grantee: Adagio Health

Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Title X Service Area: State of Pennsylvania – selected counties
Award: $3,625,000

Grantee: Maternal and Family Health Services, Inc.

Location: Wilkes-Barre, PA
Title X Service Area: State of Pennsylvania – selected counties
Award: $1,700,000

Grantee: Family Planning Association of Puerto Rico

Location: San Juan, PR
Title X Service Area: Puerto Rico-selected areas
Award: $730,000

Grantee: University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus

Location: San Juan, PR
Title X Service Area: Puerto Rico-selected areas
Award: $2,500,000

Grantee: South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

Location: Columbia, SC
Title X Service Area: State of South Carolina
Award: $5,650,900

Grantee: Tennessee Department of Health

Location: Nashville, TN
Title X Service Area: State of Tennessee
Award: $6,707,000

Grantee: Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation

Location: Saipan, CNMI
Title X Service Area: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Award: $180,000

For more information, visit: Office of Population Affairs