X Background: In 2014, the Office of Population Affairs (OPA) released updated X family planning program guidelines, hereafter referred to as Guidelines.” These Guidelines consist of two parts: “The The Title X which lays out the Federal statutory and regulatory requirements of the Title X Program Requirements, program. Providing Quality Family Planning Services: Recommendations of CDC and the U.S. Office of Population Affairs (QFP), which provides clinical recommendations for how to provide family planning services in a manner that is consistent with the best available scientific evidence. While this tool is intended for use by Office of Population Affairs staff and consultants, it may also be used by Title X grantees as a self-assessment and can also be adapted for use by grantees for monitoring their sub-recipients and service sites. The tool describes strategies that grantees may use to operationalize applicable Title X statutory and regulatory requirements and lays out the minimum expectations for compliance. The document also illustrates how a grantee can implement QFP in a way that ensures quality care is provided throughout the Title X project. This tool focuses on Sections 8-13 of the Program Requirements because these are the sections that outline the key operational elements of a Title X family planning services project. In cases where the grantee relies on other entities (sub-recipients) for the provision of family planning services, the grantee is responsible for ensuring that sub-recipients are in compliance with the Title X program requirements. Scoring Instructions: There are two types of assessments that will be generated by OPA upon completion of the program review tool: Title X Program Requirements Assessment: Met/Not Met/N/A
X Background: In 2014, the Office of Population Affairs (OPA) released updated X family planning program guidelines, hereafter referred to as “The Guidelines.” These Guidelines consist of two parts: The Title X Program Requirements, which lays out the Federal statutory and regulatory requirements of the Title X program. Providing Quality Family Planning Services: Recommendations of CDC and the U.S. Office of Population Affairs (QFP), which provides clinical recommendations for how to provide family planning services in a manner that is consistent with the best available scientific evidence. While this tool is intended for use by Office of Population Affairs staff and consultants, it may also be used by Title X grantees as a self-assessment and can also be adapted for use by grantees for monitoring their sub-recipients and service sites. The tool describes strategies that grantees may use to operationalize applicable Title X statutory and regulatory requirements and lays out the minimum expectations for compliance. The document also illustrates how a grantee can implement QFP in a way that ensures quality care is provided throughout the Title X project. This tool focuses on Sections 8-13 of the Program Requirements because these are the sections that outline the key operational elements of a Title X family planning services project. In cases where the grantee relies on other entities (sub-recipients) for the provision of family planning services, the grantee is responsible for ensuring that sub-recipients are in compliance with the Title X program requirements. Scoring Instructions: There are two types of assessments that will be generated by OPA upon completion of the program review tool: Title X Program Requirements Assessment: Met/Not Met/N/A
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