New Funding Opportunity for
Research Project Grant
Applications
The Office of Population Affairs (OPA) announces a new funding opportunity announcement for family planning service delivery improvement research. The purpose of this funding announcement is to encourage applied research attention to the following areas: 1) Clinic Efficiency Models; 2) Service Integration; and 3) Targeted Populations. The funding announcement is available on www.grants.gov under funding opportunity number PAR-08-999. OPA intends to make available approximately $750,000 to support 3-4 new grants for a project period of up to three years. The deadline for applications submitted though grants.gov is: January 15, 2010.
The full announcement can be found on the OPA website at: http://www.hhs.gov/opa/news/sdi_032508.pdf
Find a Clinic
For more than 30 years, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has sponsored a network of clinics offering family planning and related preventive health services, regardless of ability to pay. This network currently includes more than 4,400 organizations that serve approximately 5 million people each year. These Title X-supported clinics and other entities play a critical role in ensuring access to confidential, voluntary family planning services and information to all who want and need them.
Title X clinics deliver a broad range of family planning methods and services to low-income, uninsured, and underinsured individuals for free or at reduced cost.
These family planning services are provided under the auspices of Title X of the 1970 Public Health Service Act, "Population Research and Voluntary Family Planning Programs." Title X is the only Federal program devoted solely to the provision of family planning and related preventive health services. Within DHHS, Title X is administered by the Office of Family Planning within the Office of Population Affairs (OPA).
Title X-funded clinics offer counseling and education on a broad range of effective family planning methods, as well as access to contraceptive supplies. In addition, Title X-funded clinics provide a broad range of related preventive health services—such as routine physical exams; education on health promotion and disease prevention; breast and pelvic exams; cervical cancer screening; instruction in breast and testicular self-exam; STD and HIV prevention education, testing, and referrals; and pregnancy diagnosis and counseling. For many clients, Title X-funded clinics are their only continuing source of health care and health education.
For more information, please visit the Family Planning Provider Database.
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