Announcement of Anticipated Availability of Funds for Family Planning Services Grants (LA entire state) | PA FPH 17 007

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This funding opportunity is a federal discretionary grant under Title X (CFDA 93.217) to support the establishment and operation of voluntary family planning service projects across the entire state of Louisiana. The Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, is seeking one statewide award (expected awards: 1) with an anticipated maximum annual award ceiling of $4,646,000. The purpose is to ensure that people who want family planning services can access them, with an explicit priority on reaching individuals and families with low incomes. In practice, applicants are expected to propose a statewide approach that can deliver services equitably and effectively throughout Louisiana, not just in isolated communities.

Eligible applicants are broad and include public and private nonprofit entities as well as various government and education-based organizations. Specifically, eligible entities include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; and nonprofits both with and without 501(c)(3) status (so long as they are not institutions of higher education in those nonprofit categories). A key point in the announcement is that the Title X statute allows local and regional public or private nonprofit entities to apply directly to the Secretary for this grant, meaning applicants do not need to go through a state agency as a pass-through if they otherwise meet eligibility requirements and can credibly serve the statewide project area.

The core program expectation is the delivery of comprehensive family planning services. This includes clinical family planning services and related preventive health services, as well as information, education, and counseling connected to family planning. The program also expects referral services when needed, which implies applicants must have systems for linking clients to additional care beyond what the project directly provides (for example, specialty care or services outside the project scope). Services must be voluntary and offered to all persons who desire them, while prioritizing access for low-income populations, which typically requires thoughtful outreach, accessible service locations, and client-centered policies that reduce barriers such as cost, transportation, and limited clinic hours.

The announcement also addresses how applicants may structure service delivery. Applicants may propose providing services directly, or they may propose a network model that relies on partner organizations, contractors, or subrecipients to deliver some or all services. However, proposals that depend heavily on other entities will be evaluated partly on how convincingly the applicant demonstrates the capacity to ensure required services are actually delivered and that the overall program will best serve people in need across the full service area. In other words, the applicant remains responsible for outcomes and compliance even when service delivery is distributed across a network, and reviewers will look for evidence that the applicant can manage and coordinate that network at a statewide scale.

For applicants that will not provide every service directly, the announcement requires a clear, documented plan for how subawards would be made. This is not just a casual statement that partners will be involved; the applicant must describe the process and the selection criteria it will use to provide an opportunity for qualified entities to receive subawards, and those entities must be eligible to receive federal funds. The intent is to promote transparency and ensure that subrecipient selection is based on objective criteria tied to service quality, access, coverage, compliance capability, and the ability to meet the needs of project beneficiaries throughout Louisiana, including communities that are often underserved.

Applicants are instructed to develop their applications using the full set of governing and guiding materials for Title X. That includes the Title X statute itself, applicable federal regulations, legislative mandates, the Title X Program Guidelines (noted as the 2014 version), Office of Population Affairs (OPA) Program Policy Notices, and other program priorities and issues highlighted in the announcement. This signals that applications will be judged not only on general public health merit, but on how well the proposed project aligns with Title X program rules, service standards, reporting and oversight expectations, and established clinical and operational guidance.

Administratively, this opportunity was posted with a creation date of October 7, 2016, and an original closing date of March 1, 2017 (with no explanation given for any change, implying that March 1, 2017 was the listed deadline at the time of the source data). The funding instrument type is a grant, and the funding activity category is health. Overall, the opportunity is aimed at selecting a single statewide grantee that can either directly provide or effectively organize a network to provide high-quality, voluntary family planning and related preventive health services across Louisiana, while maintaining a strong focus on serving low-income individuals and ensuring consistent compliance with Title X requirements.

• 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 (LA 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 $4,646,000.00 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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