Announcement of Anticipated Availability of Funds for Family Planning Services Grants (Oregon entire state) | PA FPH 17 018

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, announced anticipated funding for a Title X Family Planning Services grant covering the entire state of Oregon. This is a discretionary grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number: PA FPH 17 018; CFDA: 93.217) intended to support the establishment and operation of voluntary family planning projects. The core expectation is that funded projects make family planning services available to anyone who wants them, while giving priority to individuals from low-income families, consistent with the Title X statute and program intent.

The opportunity is open to a broad range of applicants, reflecting how Title X programs are often delivered through mixed public and nonprofit networks. Eligible entities include state, county, and local governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; and nonprofits both with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not higher education institutions in the nonprofit category listed). The statute also emphasizes that local and regional public or private nonprofit organizations may apply directly to the Secretary for Title X funding, which signals that applicants do not need to be the state government to compete for statewide service delivery, as long as they can credibly cover the service area and meet program requirements.

The funded project is expected to deliver a comprehensive set of family planning services. In practice, this includes clinical family planning services along with related preventive health services, plus information, education, and counseling connected to family planning. The program also anticipates referral services when appropriate, meaning the grantee should have mechanisms to connect clients to additional care that may fall outside the direct scope of what the project provides. The emphasis is on voluntary services and broad access, with program design centered on reaching people with the greatest financial barriers to care.

A key point in this announcement is how HHS will view applications that rely on partner organizations to provide services. Applicants can propose a model where not all services are delivered directly by the primary grantee, but funding decisions will consider how well the applicant demonstrates the ability to ensure required services are actually delivered across Oregon and that the network is organized to best serve people in need. If an applicant plans to use subrecipients or contractors, the application must spell out the process and selection criteria it will use to offer subawards to qualified entities that are eligible to receive federal funds. In other words, applicants need to show not just that they will partner, but how they will choose partners fairly and responsibly, and how those partners will collectively meet the needs of beneficiaries throughout the statewide service area.

Applicants are instructed to build their proposals around the controlling Title X framework. That includes Title X authorizing legislation, applicable federal regulations and legislative mandates, the Title X Program Guidelines (noted here as the 2014 edition), Office of Population Affairs (OPA) Program Policy Notices, and the specific program priorities and issues described in the announcement. This signals that applications should be tightly aligned with established Title X rules and guidance rather than treating the program as a general public health grant. Strong proposals typically translate these requirements into an operational plan that covers service delivery approach, access for low-income clients, staffing and clinical standards, patient education and counseling, referral relationships, and oversight of any subawards.

For this Oregon statewide competition, the announcement lists an expected single award (Expected Awards: 1) with an award ceiling of $3,091,000. The posting was created on October 7, 2016, with an original application closing date of March 1, 2017. Overall, the opportunity is designed to fund one statewide Title X grantee capable of ensuring consistent, high-quality, voluntary family planning services across Oregon, either through direct service provision, a managed network of subawards, or a combination of both, while maintaining a clear focus on equitable access for low-income populations.

• The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Announcement of Anticipated Availability of Funds for Family Planning Services Grants (Oregon entire state)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.217.
• This funding opportunity was created on Oct 07, 2016.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 01, 2017 No Explanation. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $3,091,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education.

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