Free or Low-Cost Birth Control
In 1970, Congress enacted Title X (ten) of the Public Health Service Act, the
only federal program - then and now - devoted solely to the nation-wide
provision of family planning services.
The Title X program, administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, Office of Population Affairs, awards grants to approximately 85
delegate agencies in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and
the Pacific Basin to make contraceptive supplies and services available to
persons who want and need them but are unable to afford them without government
assistance.
Since 1970 the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health, Office of Maternal, Child
and Family Health, Family Planning Program has been the sole Federal Title X
grantee in West Virginia. The Program also receives funding from Title V
Maternal and Child Health Block Grant, Title XIX/Medicaid and State
Appropriations.
The WV Family Planning Program contracts with approximately 162 local county
health departments, primary care and rural health centers, college and
university student health clinics, hospitals, and private medical practices to
deliver clinical family planning services to eligible individuals.
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