Announcement of Anticipated Availability of Funds for Family Planning Services Grants (Hawaii entire state) | PA FPH 17 015

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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 single statewide Title X Family Planning Services grant covering the entire state of Hawaii. This is a discretionary grant opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number: PA FPH 17 015; CFDA: 93.217) intended to support the establishment and operation of voluntary family planning service projects. The core purpose is to ensure that family planning services are available to anyone who wants them, with a clear priority placed on reaching and serving individuals from low-income families.

Eligible applicants are broad and include many types of public and nonprofit organizations that can operate or oversee a statewide service network. Eligible entities include state, county, city/township, and 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). The Title X statute specifically allows local and regional public or private nonprofit entities to apply directly to the Secretary for a Title X family planning services grant, which means applicants do not need to be a state agency to compete.

The funded project is expected to deliver a comprehensive set of Title X family planning services. These services include clinical family planning care along with related preventive health services, plus the information, education, and counseling that support informed family planning decisions. The project must also provide referrals when appropriate, recognizing that some clients may need services beyond what a single clinic or provider can deliver directly. The overall emphasis is on accessibility and meeting the needs of people seeking care across the entire statewide service area.

A key feature of this announcement is how it evaluates applicants that plan to deliver services through partner organizations rather than providing all services directly. If an applicant proposes to rely on other entities (for example, a network of subrecipients, contractors, or partner clinics), HHS will consider how convincingly the applicant demonstrates it can still ensure the full set of required services and effectively serve individuals throughout Hawaii. For applicants that will not deliver all services themselves, the application must clearly document the process and selection criteria the applicant will use to offer subawards. In practice, that means explaining how qualified organizations will be identified and chosen, confirming they are eligible to receive federal funds, and showing how the resulting network will cover the state and meet the needs of the intended beneficiaries.

Applicants are instructed to build their proposals around the governing framework for Title X. That includes Title X legislation, applicable federal regulations and legislative mandates, the Title X Program Guidelines (2014), Office of Population Affairs (OPA) Program Policy Notices, and the program priorities and other key issues referenced in the announcement. In other words, proposals should not just describe services in general terms; they should show how the project will operate in alignment with the specific expectations and compliance requirements that apply to Title X-funded family planning programs.

Administratively, the opportunity was created on October 7, 2016, with an original application closing date of March 1, 2017. The award ceiling listed is $485,000, and HHS anticipated making one award, meaning this funding was structured to support a single entity (or lead entity with a network) to administer Title X family planning services statewide in Hawaii.

• 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 (Hawaii 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 $485,000.00 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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