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Please take a few moments to complete the following survey. This will help us to evaluate the way services are promoted in our communities. More than one staff person can access the survey so feel free to forward this e-mail to your Chief Executive Officer, Administrator or any other staff person that may be interested. The survey will remain open until February 28th.

To access the survey please press the Ctrl button and click the following link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CWDHPZF

Office of Population Affairs - Clearing House Order Form - PDF

Multiple staff members are permitted to order publications. Please review the order form for new FPP/STD materials

Congress designated January as Cervical Health Awareness Month.  During January, you may wish to highlight issues related to cervical cancer, HPV disease and the importance of early detection.  The National Cervical Cancer Coalition has resources available on their website www.nccc-online.org.  The Gynecologic Cancer Foundation also has multiple resources available at www.cervicalcancercampaign.org.   We have attached a poster you may download and print for your facility or call FPP and we will mail you copies - Click here to print the Cervical Cancer Poster.

Counseling for Underserved Populations: men, teens, sexual minorities, homeless, limited English proficiency, recently unemployed - Click here for the flyer

Pregnancy Options Counseling and Understanding Infant Adoption - Click here for the flyer

The National Family Planning Clinical Conference Title X , St. Louis, 2010 information is available at the following site http://www.ctcfp.org/ctcfp/ .  Conference topics include contraception and women with complex medical conditions, obesity and reproductive health, expanding services to males, serving teens effectively, pelvic pain and utilizing nationally recognized standards of care in Family Planning.

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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 148 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.

WV Family Planning Program provides services that:

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Improve access to quality health care for women and families who would otherwise lack health services;

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Enable women to prevent unintended pregnancies;

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Reduce the need for and number of abortions;

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Lower rates of sexually transmitted diseases and HIV;

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Identify symptoms of breast and cervical cancer and other medical conditions; and

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Enhance the overall health and well-being of mothers, children, families and communities

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