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October 4, 2022
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office of Population Affairs (OPA), announced more than $6 million for Title X Family Planning Research grants, Research to Practice Center grants, and Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Evaluation and Research grants as part of its work to protect and expand access to reproductive health care. HHS’ OPA focuses on advancing best practices for health in family planning and preventive care. The funding is intended to improve service delivery, promote the adoption of healthy behaviors, and reduce existing health disparities.
"These new research grants will provide insights that will help our community partners provide essential, client-centered reproductive health services," said ADM Rachel L. Levine, Assistant Secretary for Health.
"We are pleased to fund new and innovative research that will enhance the work of our grantees working to provide critical reproductive health services across the U.S.," said Jessica Swafford Marcella, HHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs and Director, Office of Adolescent Health.
Read the full HHS press release for a summary of the actions HHS has taken to ensure access to reproductive health care.
Title X Family Planning Research Grants
Title X Family Planning Research grants aim to conduct research or analyses to generate information that will improve the delivery of family planning services and expand equitable access to quality sexual and reproductive health services offered under Title X of the Public Health Service Act.
| Grantee Name | City | State | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| RTI | Research Triangle Park | North Carolina | $340,495 |
| University of Michigan | Ann Arbor | Michigan | $489,086 |
| Baltimore City Health Department | Baltimore | Maryland | $750,000 |
| Guttmacher Institute | New York | New York | $750,000 |
| Child Trends | Bethesda | Maryland | $515,919 |
| TOTAL: $2,845,500 | |||
Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Evaluation and Research Grants
OPA’s Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Research Grant projects will explore new questions in teen pregnancy prevention and adolescent sexual and reproductive health to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of these programs for adolescents or young adults, and/or reduce existing disparities. Funded grantees will conduct research or analyses to generate information that will 1) identify factors that improve the quality, access, and equity of teen pregnancy prevention programs for adolescents or young adults, or that reduce existing disparities, 2) identify and/or validate core program components or “active ingredients” essential for teen pregnancy prevention programs and practices to produce the desired outcomes; and 3) scale and conduct testing of emerging adolescent sexual health innovations in order to generate early data and prepare for future rigorous impact evaluation.
| Grantee Name | City | State | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Maryland, Baltimore | Baltimore | Maryland | $312,528 |
| AMTC & Associates | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | $322,000 |
| State University of New Jersey, Rutgers | Newark | New Jersey | $198,917 |
| University of South Florida | Tampa | Florida | $399,837 |
| TOTAL: $1,233,282 | |||
Research to Practice Center Grants
OPA’s Research to Practice Center Grant projects will synthesize and translate existing research into practice to improve adolescent health and ultimately help reduce teen pregnancy. Projects will focus on expanding the delivery of trauma-informed and inclusive practices in adolescent sexual and reproductive health programming and care and bringing adolescent sexual and reproductive health research to youth-serving professionals.
| Grantee Name | City | State | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Child Trends | Bethesda | Maryland | $1,092,000 |
| Healthy Teen Network | Takoma Park | Maryland | $1,063,776 |
| TOTAL: $2,155,766 | |||