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HHS unveils Title X grant process for 2018 after delay

Modern Healthcare: The Trump administration on Friday announced the beginning of this year's application process for family planning providers to receive crucial federal funding from the Title X program.

Officials said the funds will be distributed in September, raising questions as to how some recipients will make do when their current grants are set to expire at the end of March.

HHS' acting deputy assistant secretary for population affairs, Valerie Huber, assured reporters on Friday that family planning clinics that provide abortion services will be eligible for the new funding under the new guidelines.

Huber said the HHS wants to expand the program to include entities and services that may have not been eligible for funding in the past. The Title X program will use a new "streamlined" process and consider applicants based on whether they fill service gaps in their areas.

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