Planned Parenthood Awarded Federal Family Planning Grant by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
For Immediate Release: Jan. 30, 2014
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Grants Management has announced that Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region will receive a grant of $395,000 a year for the next three years to provide Title X Family Planning services.
These services include birth control and related health care, annual well-woman exams and cancer screenings and STD testing. Planned Parenthood in Memphis had provided these services under the Title X family planning program for more than 30 years until last year when the Shelby County Health Department awarded the funding to Christ Community Health Services, over the objections of Planned Parenthood patients.
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Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region (PPGMR), founded in 1938, is an affiliate of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. PPGMR’s mission is to ensure broad public access to reproductive and related health care through clinic services, education, advocacy and community partnerships in serving 42 counties in West Tennessee, North Mississippi and East Arkansas.
Source
Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region
Contact
Joan Carr
Director of Community Affairs
(901) 725-3008
Published
July 05, 2012