HHS Grants for Title X Family Planning Program

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Population Affairs recently announced new Title X Family Planning Program grant awards to 15 organizations in Arizona, California, Maryland, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia.

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. By 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 89 grantees that support over 4,100 family planning centers nationwide and serve more than 4 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 2016 budget and provide funding amounts for grants that began April 1, 2016.

Grantee: Arizona Family Health Partnership
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Title X Service Area: State of Arizona
Award: $4,781,000

Grantee: Gila River Health Care Corporation
Location: Sacaton, Arizona
Title X Service Area: Gila River and Ak - Chin Indian Communities
Award: $250,000

Grantee: California Family Health Council, Inc.
Location: Los Angeles, California
Title X Service Area: State of California
Award: $19,980,000

Grantee: Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Title X Service Area: State of Maryland
Award: $3,970,000

Grantee: City of Carson City
Location: Carson City, Nevada
Title X Service Area: State of Nevada - selected counties
Award: $321,000

Grantee: Washoe County Health District
Location: Reno, Nevada
Title X Service Area: State of Nevada - selected counties
Award: $1,028,000

Grantee: Southern Nevada Health District
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Title X Service Area: State of Nevada - selected counties
Award: $1,480,000

Grantee: Planned Parenthood of Northern New England
Location: Colchester, Vermont
Title X Service Area: State of New Hampshire - selected counties
Award: $657,000

Grantee: New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Location: Concord, New Hampshire
Title X Service Area: State of New Hampshire - selected counties
Award: $813,000

Grantee: New Jersey Family Planning League, Inc.
Location: Newark, New Jersey
Title X Service Area: State of New Jersey
Award: 8,600,000

Grantee: Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Title X Service Area: State of Ohio – selected counties
Award: $2,848,000

Grantee: Rhode Island Department of Health
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
Title X Service Area: State of Rhode Island
Award: $1,085,000

Grantee: Vermont Agency of Human Resources
Location: Burlington, Vermont
Title X Service Area: State of Vermont
Award: $775,000

Grantee: Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Title X Service Area: State of Virginia – selected Southwest counties
Award: $771,000

Grantee: Virginia Department of Health
Location: Richmond, Virginia
Title X Service Area: State of Virginia
*Award: $3,594,000* Actual award began May 1, 2016.

For more information, visit: Office of Population Affairs
Media Contact: (202) 205-0143 or [email protected]