Overview
- The Title X program, which released grants Friday after a one‑week application window in March, kept most awards level with last year, clinic advocates said.
- HHS also posted guidance for the 2027 cycle that steers projects toward fertility‑awareness methods, counseling on chronic disease, and basic body‑literacy education.
- The guidance says clinics cannot use Title X funds to promote or offer abortions and must follow Hyde Amendment limits on federal abortion funding.
- HHS says it intends to make about $257 million available next cycle pending Congress, while the president’s 2027 budget request seeks to eliminate the program.
- Planned Parenthood and other providers warn the shift could narrow access to birth control and screenings for low‑income patients, as Sen. Josh Hawley and pro‑life groups criticize the release of 2026 funds and press for a formal rulemaking timeline.