Friday, April 19, 2024
4/19/2024
The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) proposes to continue serving as the lead agency for Title X family planning services in 45 of Iowa?s 99 counties. IDPH will continue to provide high quality oversight to seven (7) subrecipient agencies (SRs) operating 20 clinic service sites where clinical and administrative technical assistance is provided. IDPH has consistently received favorable Office of Population Affairs (OPA) site reviews and has had a well-organized, successful and effective delivery of Title X family planning services since 1971. Goal 1: Assess community need for publicly funded family planning services and respond to gaps when identified.Goal 2: Maintain the availability of services to low-income women and men in need of publicly funded family planning and related preventive health services with special attention to the priority populations.Goal 3: Assure access to high quality family planning services.Goal 4: Ensure efficient and effective program management through policy development, monitoring, data collection and use and oversight.Goal 5: Provide appropriate training and technical assistance to assure IDPH Title X SRs are fully aware of the federal guidelines, priorities and key issues and of new developments in reproductive health and family planning, and that they have the skills to respond.Goal 6: Expand access to a broad range of acceptable and effective contraceptive, pregnancy testing and counseling, achieving pregnancy, basic infertility, preconception health, sexually transmitted disease and HIV services and related preventive health services breast and cervical cancer screening for example). These will include fertility based-awareness methods and sexual risk avoidance education. IDPH will assure that family centered counseling is provided to all individuals, couples and families seeking Title X services. The broad range of services does not include abortion as a method of family planning.Goal 7: Enhance worki ng relationships between primary care providers and family planning agencies at the state and local level.Goal 8: Assure that all men and women receiving Title X services receive preconception care services as well as RLP/pregnancy intention tools and discussions to enable them to freely plan and space pregnancy, avoid unintended pregnancy and/or enter pregnancy in optimal health.Goal 9: Conduct community outreach and education to make priority populations aware of the importance and availability of family planning services and inform the public about Title X services.Goal 10: Provide efficient and appropriate use of Title X funds to maintain compliance with regulations to provide services to low-income individuals in need of family planning services.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
