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HEHS-95-216R 1 (1995-08-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackxc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States GAO General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Health, Education and Human Services Division1tIiII 154942 B-261988 August 9, 1995 The Honorable Michael P. Forbes House of Representatives Dear Mr. Forbes: Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and its 158 affiliates, with 915 clinics, provide reproductive health care, with an emphasis on contraceptive services and public education. PPFA affiliates are separately incorporated independent entities with their own boards of directors. They have fiscal autonomy. In 1993, Planned Parenthood affiliates served 2.4 million women and men. Affiliates and their clinics provide family planning services, primary care, prenatal and well child care, cancer screening, and midlife women's health services. Over 70 percent of their clients in 1993 were at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty level. International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is a nonprofit, nongovernmental family health care organization. It promotes and provides reproductive health' and family planning services through its headquarters in London; its six regional offices--Africa, Arab World, East & South East Asia and Oceanic, Europe, South Asia, and Western Hemisphere; and 144 autonomous local family planning associations working in at least 150 countries. This letter responds to your request that we identify for PPFA and its affiliates and IPPF the (1) amount of federal funding that supports these organizations, (2) federal agencies that receive and disburse the funds, and (3) authorizing and appropriating committees with jurisdiction over these funds. To respond to these questions, we collected data and spoke with cognizant officials at the 'Includes maternal care; prevention and treatment of reproductive tract infections; education and counseling on human sexuality; and referrals for other conditions such as breast cancer, cancer of the reproductive system, and infertility. GAO/HEHS-95-216R Federal Funds for Planned Parenthood

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