Last month, more than 30 leading medical and public health organizations, including ACOG and NMA, expressed their support for continued funding of Planned Parenthood and the Title X
National Family Planning Program in two letters sent to Congressional leadership.
As the nation's leading women's health care provider and advocate, Planned Parenthood strongly opposes the funding cuts to the Title X
National Family Planning Program in the FY 2012 appropriations package that just passed the US House of Representatives.
Congress established the Title X
national family planning program in 1970; two years later, it revisited the issue, guaranteeing that family planning services would be covered under all states» Medicaid programs.
Not exact matches
Although billions of dollars are being expended annually on
family planning services
in less - developed countries, and such
programs have been promoted by various governments at the
national level for four decades, there are only a few studies that have attempted to measure the demographic and health impact of
family planning against a «control group» — a similar area which lacks the service.
With support from the
National Council of Women, Maathai created
programs aimed at educating Kenyan women
in areas such as
family planning, nutrition, and leadership development.
Created
in 2006, the
program is administered
in partnership with the Association for Financial Counseling and
Planning Education ® (AFCPE ®) and the
National Military
Family Association (NMFA).
In Mexico, for instance, a national family planning program started in the mid-1970s with support from the United States and the United Nations has helped raise contraceptive use from less than one fourth to two thirds of wome
In Mexico, for instance, a
national family planning program started
in the mid-1970s with support from the United States and the United Nations has helped raise contraceptive use from less than one fourth to two thirds of wome
in the mid-1970s with support from the United States and the United Nations has helped raise contraceptive use from less than one fourth to two thirds of women.
While
in March 2015, Her Highness Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women's Union, Supreme Chairwoman of the
Family Development Foundation and President of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, launched the
National Strategy for Empowerment of Emirati Women
in the UAE 2015 - 2021, which provided a guiding framework and reference for all federal and local governmental institutions and civil society organisations
in developing
plans and work
programs to empower women
in all areas.
In order to stay open and serving their communities, these health centers rely on various public funding streams, including the Title X
national family planning program, Medicaid, and other federal and state funds.
Guttmacher's findings are detailed
in a new Guttmacher Policy Review analysis that outlines why
Planned Parenthood health centers, as well as providers supported by the Title X
national family planning program, are essential to the nation's
family planning safety net.
NRFC relies on multiple avenues to share information including: the fatherhood.gov website, media campaigns, social media, virtual trainings, outreach and presentations at events, written products to advance the fields of responsible fatherhood research and practice, and a
National Call Center for fathers and responsible fatherhood practitioners.10
In addition, the ACF's Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) is implementing several research and evaluation projects, including the Building Bridges and Bonds (B3), the Parents and Children Together (PaCT) Responsible Fatherhood Evaluation, the Fatherhood and Marriage Local Evaluation and Cross-Site (FaMLE Cross-Site) project, and the Ex-Prisoner Reentry Strategies Study, all of which partner with Responsible Fatherhood programs.11 OPRE also awards grants to fund research on Healthy Marriage / Responsible Fatherhood, and provides information on the curricula used by Healthy Marriage / Responsible Fatherhood grantees through its Strengthening Families Curriculum Guide.12 To promote rigorous evaluation, strengthen the field of fatherhood research, and share information on effective fatherhood research and evaluation practices, OPRE funded the Fatherhood Research and Practice Network (FRPN).13 FRPN provides grants to study responsible fatherhood programs, develops and shares measurement instruments for use in fatherhood program evaluations, and provides training and technical assistance to practitioners and researchers through webinars, written documents, and its Researcher and Practitioner Forum.
In addition, the ACF's Office of
Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) is implementing several research and evaluation projects, including the Building Bridges and Bonds (B3), the Parents and Children Together (PaCT) Responsible Fatherhood Evaluation, the Fatherhood and Marriage Local Evaluation and Cross-Site (FaMLE Cross-Site) project, and the Ex-Prisoner Reentry Strategies Study, all of which partner with Responsible Fatherhood
programs.11 OPRE also awards grants to fund research on Healthy Marriage / Responsible Fatherhood, and provides information on the curricula used by Healthy Marriage / Responsible Fatherhood grantees through its Strengthening
Families Curriculum Guide.12 To promote rigorous evaluation, strengthen the field of fatherhood research, and share information on effective fatherhood research and evaluation practices, OPRE funded the Fatherhood Research and Practice Network (FRPN).13 FRPN provides grants to study responsible fatherhood
programs, develops and shares measurement instruments for use
in fatherhood program evaluations, and provides training and technical assistance to practitioners and researchers through webinars, written documents, and its Researcher and Practitioner Forum.
in fatherhood
program evaluations, and provides training and technical assistance to practitioners and researchers through webinars, written documents, and its Researcher and Practitioner Forum.14
The Secretary's Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality (SACIM) issues recommendations and a framework for a
national strategy to reduce infant mortality and reaffirms need for continued federal investment
in Medicaid; Title Vl MCH Services Block Grant; Healthy Start; Title X
Family Planning Program; Community Health Centers; Maternal, Infant, Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV)
Program, and WIC.
Families Gaining Their Seat at the Table:
Family Engagement Strategies in the First Round of Child and Family Services Reviews and Program Improvement Plans (PDF - 1,402 KB) National Center on Family Group Decision Making, American Humane (2008) Presents a variety of family engagement models and approaches used by the States and discusses trends and themes across S
Family Engagement Strategies
in the First Round of Child and
Family Services Reviews and Program Improvement Plans (PDF - 1,402 KB) National Center on Family Group Decision Making, American Humane (2008) Presents a variety of family engagement models and approaches used by the States and discusses trends and themes across S
Family Services Reviews and
Program Improvement
Plans (PDF - 1,402 KB)
National Center on
Family Group Decision Making, American Humane (2008) Presents a variety of family engagement models and approaches used by the States and discusses trends and themes across S
Family Group Decision Making, American Humane (2008) Presents a variety of
family engagement models and approaches used by the States and discusses trends and themes across S
family engagement models and approaches used by the States and discusses trends and themes across States.
«The
national family planning program has provided lifesaving preventive and primary care for low - income women since President Nixon signed it into law
in 1970.
«Simply put, eliminating the
national family planning program will result
in millions of women across the country losing access to basic primary and preventive health care, such as lifesaving cancer screenings, contraception, HIV testing and counseling, STI testing and treatment, and annual exams.
The anti-choice House leadership
in Congress has introduced various pieces of legislation that attack women's health, including a proposal to bar
Planned Parenthood from providing health services through federal health
programs like Medicaid, as well as the elimination of the
national family planning program (Title X).
«
Planned Parenthood applauds President Obama for calling for an increased investment today
in an essential women's health care
program, the
national family planning program, Title X.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin, Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman discussed the devastating impact the proposals to eliminate the
national family planning program (Title X), which provides five million women preventive care each year, and the proposal to bar
Planned Parenthood from providing health care services through any federal
program — including
family planning, cancer screenings, and well women care — would have on women
in their local communities.
«
In the face of a relentless assault on women's health, including access to birth control, the Obama administration preserves funding for an essential public health
program, the
national family planning program,» said Cecile Richards, president of
Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
In addition, House members are
planning to host a Special Order Hour on Tuesday evening, to focus on the House leadership's attempts to eliminate the Title X
national family planning program and to strip all federal funds from
Planned Parenthood.
The Title X
National Family Planning Program is a vital component of this country's health care safety net and one of our nation's most effective
programs in reducing unintended pregnancies and providing women's health care to those who need it the most.
In two letters to Congressional leadership sent this week, more than 30 leading medical and public health organizations, including the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Nurses Association, expressed their support for continued funding of
Planned Parenthood and the
national family planning program (Title X).
«This is
in sharp contrast to H.R. 1, which, under the guise of deficit reduction, pushes an extreme ideological agenda, including the complete elimination of the
national family planning program as well as prohibiting
Planned Parenthood from receiving federal funds for preventive health care, including lifesaving cancer screenings, breast exams, birth control, and STD testing and treatment, including HIV testing.
Involving
Families in the CFSR Process [Teleconference] National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (2007) Focuses on efforts to engage families in the process of assessing an agency's performance and in planning and implementing program impro
Families in the CFSR Process [Teleconference]
National Child Welfare Resource Center for Organizational Improvement (2007) Focuses on efforts to engage
families in the process of assessing an agency's performance and in planning and implementing program impro
families in the process of assessing an agency's performance and
in planning and implementing
program improvements.
Solution - Based Casework (PDF - 258 KB)
National Resource Center for Permanency and
Family Connections (2013) Provides a brief overview of solution - based casework, an approach to assessment, case
planning, and ongoing casework, based on the information available
in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's
National Registry of Evidence - Based
Programs and Practices.
In 2015, the
national family planning program enabled health centers to provide nearly 800,000 pap tests, 1 million women received breast exams, 1 million HIV tests, and nearly 5 million STD screenings.
The report includes information on the needs identified by states and their
plans for using MIECHV funds to meet those needs, a description of where the study is being conducted, some information on the
families in the study, and a summary of the goals and infrastructure being used by
national model developers and local home visiting
programs in providing home visiting services.
Some have built on this line of reasoning by suggesting that oral contraceptives should be given over-the-counter status too, as a replacement for comprehensive insurance coverage of contraception.1 Similarly, social conservatives seeking to exclude
Planned Parenthood from public
programs such as Medicaid have argued that less - specialized health care providers, such as federally qualified health centers, could fill the void this would create.2 And
in October, a leaked White House memo recommended that funding for the Title X
national family planning program should be cut by at least half and suggested that money could be better used for teaching adolescents about fertility awareness methods exclusively.3
Moreover, the Title X
program has long set the bar for family planning care, helping providers to deliver high - quality, confidential and affordable family planning services to those in greatest need (see «Why We Can not Afford to Undercut the Title X National Family Planning Program,» 2017).7 Providers that receive Title X funding are more likely to offer women the full range of contraceptive method options, and to minimize barriers to starting those methods.1 They also must ensure confidentiality for all c
program has long set the bar for
family planning care, helping providers to deliver high - quality, confidential and affordable family planning services to those in greatest need (see «Why We Can not Afford to Undercut the Title X National Family Planning Program,» 2017).7 Providers that receive Title X funding are more likely to offer women the full range of contraceptive method options, and to minimize barriers to starting those methods.1 They also must ensure confidentiality for all cl
family planning care, helping providers to deliver high - quality, confidential and affordable family planning services to those in greatest need (see «Why We Can not Afford to Undercut the Title X National Family Planning Program,» 2017).7 Providers that receive Title X funding are more likely to offer women the full range of contraceptive method options, and to minimize barriers to starting those methods.1 They also must ensure confidentiality for all
planning care, helping providers to deliver high - quality, confidential and affordable
family planning services to those in greatest need (see «Why We Can not Afford to Undercut the Title X National Family Planning Program,» 2017).7 Providers that receive Title X funding are more likely to offer women the full range of contraceptive method options, and to minimize barriers to starting those methods.1 They also must ensure confidentiality for all cl
family planning services to those in greatest need (see «Why We Can not Afford to Undercut the Title X National Family Planning Program,» 2017).7 Providers that receive Title X funding are more likely to offer women the full range of contraceptive method options, and to minimize barriers to starting those methods.1 They also must ensure confidentiality for all
planning services to those
in greatest need (see «Why We Can not Afford to Undercut the Title X
National Family Planning Program,» 2017).7 Providers that receive Title X funding are more likely to offer women the full range of contraceptive method options, and to minimize barriers to starting those methods.1 They also must ensure confidentiality for all cl
Family Planning Program,» 2017).7 Providers that receive Title X funding are more likely to offer women the full range of contraceptive method options, and to minimize barriers to starting those methods.1 They also must ensure confidentiality for all
Planning Program,» 2017).7 Providers that receive Title X funding are more likely to offer women the full range of contraceptive method options, and to minimize barriers to starting those methods.1 They also must ensure confidentiality for all c
Program,» 2017).7 Providers that receive Title X funding are more likely to offer women the full range of contraceptive method options, and to minimize barriers to starting those methods.1 They also must ensure confidentiality for all clients.