Federal Data Show Continued Rebuilding of Title X Family Planning Program
Washington, DC – Federal family planning data released on October 1, 2024, by the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Population Affairs showed a slight increase in individuals using family planning services at the 3,853 Title X-funded service sites across the US in 2023.
According to the federal government’s Family Planning Annual Report (FPAR), the number of patients served in 2023 was 2.8 million, up from 2.6 million in 2022, a seven percent increase. Among patients seeking Title X-funded care, including contraceptive care, STI testing and treatment, breast and cervical cancer screenings, and HIV prevention services, 60% had incomes at or below the federal poverty level, which for 2023 was $31,200 for a family of four.
“The Family Planning Annual Report shows our nation’s steady progress in continuing to rebuild the Title X network,” said Clare Coleman, President & CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA). “Following a series of politically motivated attacks over the last decade on top of a multi-year global pandemic, our network of family planning providers remains tenacious and strong, but we have to do more to meet the demonstrated need for publicly funded family planning and sexual health care.”
The Title X program has received flat funding from Congress for a decade, leading to a devastating decline in people served by Title X-funded health centers. Since 2013, when Title X-funded sites served 4.6 million patients, the nation’s family planning program has been targeted for elimination several times and endured ideological attacks that drove roughly 1,000 health centers from the network. Since 2021, the Title X provider network has been rebuilding, and the 2023 data show that slow progress continues to be made.
“At a time when restrictions on sexual and reproductive health care continue to escalate, funding patient-centered, high-quality birth control and sexual health services made possible by the nation’s family planning program should be a national funding priority,” Coleman concluded.
Find the 2023 Family Planning Annual Report here.
NFPRHA is a membership organization representing publicly funded family planning providers and administrators nationwide. NFPRHA advances and elevates the importance of family planning in the nation’s health care system and promotes and supports the work of family planning providers and administrators, especially those in the safety net. For more information, visit nationalfamilyplanning.org.