Announcement of Anticipated Availability of Funds for Family Planning Services Grants (Idaho entire state) | PA FPH 17 017

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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 to support a statewide family planning services project covering the entire state of Idaho. This is a discretionary grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number PA FPH 17 017; CFDA 93.217) intended to establish and operate voluntary family planning projects. The core purpose is to make family planning services available to anyone who wants them, while explicitly giving priority to people from low-income families. In practice, this means applicants are expected to design a service system that provides broad statewide access and also focuses resources and outreach toward communities with the greatest financial barriers to care.

The work funded under this opportunity centers on delivering Title X family planning services, which include clinical family planning and related preventive health services, along with education, information, and counseling connected to family planning, and referrals when needed. The expectation is not simply to offer contraceptive services, but to provide a structured program that integrates preventive health components and ensures clients can access additional care through appropriate referrals. The announcement emphasizes that services must be voluntary and that the project should be organized to serve all individuals seeking services across the anticipated service area, rather than limiting access to a narrow subset of locations or populations.

A key feature of the opportunity is who may apply and how services may be delivered. Title X law allows local and regional public or private nonprofit entities to apply directly to the Secretary for these funds. Eligible applicants are broad and include state, county, and city/township 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 nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (as long as they are not institutions of higher education in that nonprofit category). This wide eligibility reflects the program's intent to fund whichever capable entity can organize an effective statewide family planning system, whether that lead entity is a government agency, university, tribal entity, or nonprofit.

The announcement also makes clear that applicants may propose a model where the lead organization provides services directly, or a network model where the lead organization relies on partner organizations to deliver some or all services. However, applications that depend heavily on other entities will be evaluated in part on how convincingly the lead applicant demonstrates it can ensure required services are provided and that the model will effectively reach people in need across the entire state. If an applicant does not plan to deliver all services directly, it must spell out, in writing, the process and selection criteria it will use to offer subawards to qualified entities eligible to receive federal funds. In other words, the lead applicant must show it has a fair, transparent, and practical plan for building and managing a provider network that can meet beneficiary needs statewide.

Applicants are directed to base their proposals on the controlling Title X framework, including the Title X statute, relevant regulations, legislative mandates, and the Title X Program Guidelines (referenced as the 2014 guidelines). They are also expected to follow Office of Population Affairs (OPA) Program Policy Notices, program priorities, and other key issues highlighted in the announcement. This signals that a successful application must demonstrate compliance readiness and operational alignment with current Title X rules and guidance, not just describe general intentions to provide family planning services.

For planning purposes, the opportunity lists an award ceiling of $1,785,000 and anticipates making one award for Idaho. The announcement was created on October 7, 2016, and had an original application closing date of March 1, 2017, with no additional explanation provided for the closing date. Overall, this funding opportunity is designed to support a single statewide grantee capable of running or coordinating a comprehensive, compliant, and accessible Title X family planning program across Idaho, with a strong emphasis on prioritizing services for low-income individuals and on clearly documenting how services will be delivered either directly or through subawarded partners.

• 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 (Idaho 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 $1,785,000.00 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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