The Breast Cancer Research and Education Trust Fund program, is funded by revenue collected from breast cancer license plate purchases and the State Income tax form optional checkbox. Funds collected through these methods are distributed to community-based affiliates through an annual Request for Proposal process. Projects awarded support breast cancer research, education, treatment, screening, and awareness in Kentucky.
The Title X Family Planning program provides individuals with the information and means to exercise personal decisions to determine the number and spacing of their children. Title X family planning clinics play a critical role in assuring access to voluntary, confidential family planning services for low-income or uninsured families. Charges to participants are at no cost or at a reduced cost based on their household income. Family Planning services are offered in LHDs and clinics targeting special populations (e.g. males, Hispanics, and adolescents). Title X supported clinics also provide a number of preventive health services such as patient education and counseling, breast and pelvic examinations, cervical cancer screenings, sexually transmitted disease prevention, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) screenings, preconception counseling, and pregnancy diagnosis. The Title X Family Planning program is funded through the federal Office of Population Affairs, Health and Human Services agency. Through the Public Health Transformation initiative, the department will secure non-LHD providers for these services if the LHD declines participation.
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