
By Emily Anderson Stern | The Salt Lake Tribune | Photo by Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Triubne
Less than a year after two of Utah’s Planned Parenthood clinics were forced to close because President Donald Trump’s administration withheld the state’s family planning services money, the White House has delivered that Title X funding.
Planned Parenthood Association of Utah announced Monday that it can resume free or discounted health care for low-income Utahns for now — although questions remain as to whether the organization will have access to federal Title X funds in the future.
The 2025 grant disbursed late last week by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Population Affairs totals $2 million — a decrease from the $2.8 million Utah received in 2024.
Utah was one of seven states to have all of its Title X funds blocked, according to an analysis by KFF Health News. The nonprofit Planned Parenthood Association of Utah is the only Title X recipient in the Beehive State.
Signed into law in 1970, the program is meant to empower low-income Americans to establish healthy families by connecting them to resources that allow them to plan when and how many children they have. It also covers disease prevention.
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This article is published through the Utah News Collaborative, a partnership of news organizations in Utah that aims to inform readers across the state.
