For Immediate Release: January 28, 2025
Contact: Kat Mavengere, kat@mavenpublicaffairs.com 

NFPRHA Reacts to OMB Federal Funding Freeze  

Washington, DC – The following is a statement from Clare Coleman, President & CEO of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA). 

Yesterday’s federal funding freeze threatens the nationwide network of health centers that rely on these resources to provide family planning services to people with no or low incomes. Even a temporary funding pause could cause significant disruption to clinic operations, jeopardizing patients’ access to contraception, cancer screenings, STI and HIV services, and other essential reproductive health care. 

For many patients, Title X-funded health centers serve as their sole source of health care. The Title X family planning program is already chronically underfunded, and this executive action risks destabilizing a health provider network that is already operating under immense strain. These funding disruptions could push some health centers to the brink of closure, leaving vulnerable patients without access to the care they need.

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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.