Announcement of Availability of Funds for Family Planning Services Grants Virginia | PA FPH 16 034

Opportunity Information: Apply for PA FPH 16 034

The "Announcement of Availability of Funds for Family Planning Services Grants Virginia" (Funding Opportunity Number PA FPH 16 034) is a federal discretionary grant opportunity under CFDA 93.217, administered by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health. It supports the establishment and operation of voluntary family planning service projects in Virginia under the Title X program. The core purpose is to make family planning services available to anyone who wants them, while giving priority to people from low-income families. In practice, this means applicants are expected to design service delivery models that reduce barriers to care and ensure that individuals with fewer financial resources can access services first and most consistently across the service area.

The opportunity is open to a wide range of applicants, including state, county, and city governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled colleges and universities; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized tribal governments and other tribal organizations; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status; for-profit organizations (other than small businesses); and small businesses. Even though eligibility is broad, the program description emphasizes that Title X specifically allows local and regional public or private nonprofit entities to apply directly to the Secretary for a family planning services grant, signaling a strong fit for organizations that are already rooted in local or regional health service delivery and can demonstrate community reach.

A major feature of this announcement is the expectation that the applicant either directly provides the required family planning services or can credibly ensure those services are delivered through partners. Applications that rely on other entities to provide services are still eligible, but they are evaluated with extra attention to whether the applicant can realistically ensure required services are available and whether the overall approach will best serve people in need throughout the proposed service area. In other words, applicants cannot simply propose a loose network; they need to show operational control, accountability, and the capacity to coordinate services in a way that reliably meets program requirements and population needs.

For applicants that do not plan to provide all services directly, the announcement requires clear documentation of the process the applicant will use to offer subawards to qualified entities that are eligible to receive federal funds. This is essentially a requirement to demonstrate a fair, structured, and compliant method for building out a service network across the service area, so that project beneficiaries can access services where they live and not just in one centralized location. The intent is to ensure geographic coverage and continuity of services, while keeping federal funding standards intact through eligible and properly selected subrecipients.

In terms of funding scale, the award ceiling listed is $3,600,000, and the opportunity anticipated making about four awards. The original application closing date was March 31, 2016, and the opportunity was created on February 1, 2016. Overall, the grant is aimed at organizations that can run or manage a comprehensive, voluntary family planning program under Title X, prioritize low-income communities, and either provide services directly or build a well-documented, compliant subaward structure that ensures services are available throughout the targeted Virginia service area.

• The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Announcement of Availability of Funds for Family Planning Services Grants Virginia" 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 2016-02-01.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2016-03-31. (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 $3,600,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 4 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, 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, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses.

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