The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) administers approximately $5 million a year in state funds to local public health agencies and non-profit corporations to provide subsidized family planning services. Services are provided through free-standing family planning clinics, free-standing primary care clinics, subcontracts with private physician offices or home visits. For many years, the amount of funds requested through a request for proposal process has exceeded the amount available. This has resulted in concern about how to sustain a statewide system and individual programs, as well as dissatisfaction with the State. In 1999, an evaluation of the subsidized family planning system including the state-funded system was conducted. It was found that overall, 37% of the Grantees total budgets were from state funds. However, for almost 40% of the grantees, state funds comprised 70% of their budgets. MDH's use of the evaluator's recommendations for program improvements and system change will be discussed. Conflicting interests that present barriers to improving the public/private partnerships and the resulting discussion on prioritization of interests will be discussed.
Learning Objectives: At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to: Describe the partnership between a state government and the private sector in the delivery of family planning services Identify the conflicting interests that present barriers to improving the existing public/private partnership Describe how the results of an evaluation of the subsidized family planning in Minnesota have been used
Keywords: Family Planning, Management and Sustainability
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: Minnesota Department of Health
Sociometrics Corporation
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.