National Training Center for Family Planning

The National Training Center for Family Planning initiative seeks to establish a single, coordinated national entity to deliver comprehensive training and technical assistance to Title X grant recipients and their extensive network of over 3,800 service sites serving nearly 3 million low-income individuals annually. This effort, led by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health within the Department of Health and Human Services, is structured as a funding opportunity under solicitation PA-FPT-26-001 with a submission deadline of August 5, 2026, and an anticipated start date of September 30, 2026. The center must provide universal, selected, and targeted support aligned with Title X regulations under 42 C.F.R. Part 59 and federal priorities, delivering key deliverables such as a TTA plan, evaluation framework, functional website, and knowledge management system within the first three months of performance. The project spans two 12-month budget periods with a potential competitive third year, and all activities are virtual and nationwide, with no physical delivery location specified. Applicants must adhere to strict formatting and submission guidelines, including a 50-page project narrative and a combined 100-page limit for narrative and appendices, submitted exclusively through Grants.gov in specific file formats with required standard forms like SF-424, SF-424A, and SF-LLL excluded from page limits. Evaluation is merit-based across six factors—Project Significance, Organizational Capacity and Experience, Technical Approach, Collaboration and Stakeholder Engagement, Project Monitoring and Evaluation, and Budget—scored out of 100 points using a trade-off approach, not a lowest price technically acceptable model. Post-award, recipients must comply with rigorous administrative, financial, and programmatic requirements including Single Audit thresholds, prohibitions on lobbying and use of certain foreign telecommunications equipment, strict cost-sharing rules, and mandatory reporting through the HHS Payment Management System. Key personnel changes, scope modifications, and subaward transfers require prior approval, and all work must uphold Title X assurances that prohibit abortion training or personnel development tied to abortion as a family planning method. Applicants must hold an active UEI through SAM.gov and disclose any prior exclusions, convictions, or active federal awards exceeding $10 million to ensure integrity in award administration.