Friday, April 26, 2024
4/26/2024
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) has administered the Title X Family Planning project for the State of Rhode Island (RI) since the grant’s inception. RIDOH partners with seven community-based health organizations to provide high-quality, affordable, accessible family planning services to Rhode Islanders of reproductive age. For the proposed Rhode Island Telehealth Infrastructure Enhancement and Expansion project, RIDOH will collaborate with two subrecipient partners, Comprehensive Community Action Program Inc. (CCAP) and Tri-County Community Action Agency (TCCAA). Together with subrecipient partners, RIDOH proposes to: enhance telehealth technical capabilities by purchasing additional software licenses for the telehealth platform; hire qualified staff, dedicate existing staff, and provide training and technical to improve provider capacity for family planning services via telehealth modalities; and conduct community outreach and engagement activities to promote availability of telehealth family planning services. RIDOH will manage project implementation, including monitoring of subrecipients with evaluation of performance measures and data-driven continuous quality improvement activities. RIDOH subrecipients will serve at least 900 unduplicated family planning users via telehealth modalities by the end of the one-year project period. The proposed activities will improve sexual and reproductive healthcare services, with priority given to persons from low-income communities and medically underserved populations. Telehealth family planning services will be high-quality, client-centered, accessible, and focused on narrowing equity gaps in access to 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).
