Title X (Public Health Service Act) Family Planning Program
Title X (Public Health Service Act) Family Planning Program

Author: Angela Napili

Publisher:

Published: 2012-10-19

Total Pages: 31

ISBN-13: 9781457838729

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The federal government provides grants for voluntary family planning services through the Family Planning Program, Title X of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 300 to 300a-6). Enacted in 1970, it is the only domestic federal program devoted solely to family planning and related preventive health services. Title X is administered through the Office of Population Affairs (OPA) in the Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS). Although the authorization of appropriations for Title X ended with FY1985, funding for the program has continued through appropriations bills for the Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and Related Agencies. FY2012 funding for Title X is $293.870 million, 2% less than the FY2011 funding level of $299.400 million.The law (42 U.S.C. §300a-6) prohibits the use of Title X funds in programs where abortion is a method of family planning. Contents of this report: Title X Program Administration and Grants; FY2013 Funding; FY2012 Funding; Institute of Medicine Evaluation; The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Title X; Abortion and Title X; Teenage Pregnancy and Title X; Confidentiality for Minors and Title X; Planned Parenthood and Title X; Provider Conscience Rule; Legislation in the 112th Congress. Tables. This is a print on demand report.

Title X (Public Health Service Act) Family Planning Program
Title X (Public Health Service Act) Family Planning Program

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Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Title X is administered through the Office of Population Affairs (OPA) under the Office of Public Health and Science in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). [...] The prohibition on abortion does not apply to all the activities of a Title X grantee, but only to activities that are part of the Title X project. [...] The report also states the committee's intention that "the regional offices should retain the authority for the review, award and administration of family planning funds, in the same manner and timeframe as in fiscal year 2006.". [...] The report also stated the committee's intention that "the regional offices should retain the authority for the review, award and administration of family planning funds, in the same manner and timeframe as in fiscal year 2006.". [...] The report provided information on the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the Population Council, the International Planned Parenthood Federation, the Alan Guttmacher Institute, Advocates for Youth, and the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS).

The Best Intentions
The Best Intentions

Author: Committee on Unintended Pregnancy

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1995-06-16

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 0309556376

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Experts estimate that nearly 60 percent of all U.S. pregnancies--and 81 percent of pregnancies among adolescents--are unintended. Yet the topic of preventing these unintended pregnancies has long been treated gingerly because of personal sensitivities and public controversies, especially the angry debate over abortion. Additionally, child welfare advocates long have overlooked the connection between pregnancy planning and the improved well-being of families and communities that results when children are wanted. Now, current issues--health care and welfare reform, and the new international focus on population--are drawing attention to the consequences of unintended pregnancy. In this climate The Best Intentions offers a timely exploration of family planning issues from a distinguished panel of experts. This committee sheds much-needed light on the questions and controversies surrounding unintended pregnancy. The book offers specific recommendations to put the United States on par with other developed nations in terms of contraceptive attitudes and policies, and it considers the effectiveness of over 20 pregnancy prevention programs. The Best Intentions explores problematic definitions--"unintended" versus "unwanted" versus "mistimed"--and presents data on pregnancy rates and trends. The book also summarizes the health and social consequences of unintended pregnancies, for both men and women, and for the children they bear. Why does unintended pregnancy occur? In discussions of "reasons behind the rates," the book examines Americans' ambivalence about sexuality and the many other social, cultural, religious, and economic factors that affect our approach to contraception. The committee explores the complicated web of peer pressure, life aspirations, and notions of romance that shape an individual's decisions about sex, contraception, and pregnancy. And the book looks at such practical issues as the attitudes of doctors toward birth control and the place of contraception in both health insurance and "managed care." The Best Intentions offers frank discussion, synthesis of data, and policy recommendations on one of today's most sensitive social topics. This book will be important to policymakers, health and social service personnel, foundation executives, opinion leaders, researchers, and concerned individuals. May

A Review of the HHS Family Planning Program
A Review of the HHS Family Planning Program

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2009-08-07

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 0309143764

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A Review of the HHS Family Planning Program provides a broad evaluation of the Title X family planning program since its establishment in 1970. The program successfully provides family planning services to its target audience of low-income individuals, but there is room for improvement. While the program's core goals are apparent, a secondary set of changing priorities has emerged without a clear, evidence-based strategic process. Also, funding for the program has increased in actual dollars, but has not kept pace with inflation or increased costs. Several aspects of the program's structure could be improved to increase the ability of Title X to meet the needs of its target population. At the same time, the extent to which the program meets those needs cannot be assessed without a greater capacity for long-term data collection. A Review of the HHS Family Planning Program recommends several specific steps to enhance the management and improve the quality of the program, as well as to demonstrate its direct contribution to important end results, such as reducing rates of unintended pregnancy, cervical cancer, and infertility. The book will guide the Office of Family Planning toward improving the effectiveness of the program. Other parties who will find the research and recommendations valuable include programs receiving Title X funding from the Office of Family Planning, policy makers, researchers, and professional organizations.

State Facts about Title X and Family Planning
State Facts about Title X and Family Planning

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Published: 2011

Total Pages: 2

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Title X of the Public Health Service Act is the sole federal program devoted entirely to family planning. Through Title X the federal government sets family planning policy, and its flexible grant funds not only subsidize direct client services, but are critical to putting family planning centers in communities and to supporting their ongoing infrastructure needs.

State Facts about Title X and Family Planning
State Facts about Title X and Family Planning

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Published: 2011

Total Pages: 2

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Title X of the Public Health Service Act is the sole federal program devoted entirely to family planning. Through Title X the federal government sets family planning policy, and its flexible grant funds not only subsidize direct client services, but are critical to putting family planning centers in communities and to supporting their ongoing infrastructure needs.