Community Education, Participation, and Engagement
These expectations lay out requirements for fostering community awareness and active involvement in the project's design and delivery. These standards mandate that projects proactively inform the public about available services and create meaningful opportunities for community members and stakeholders to participate in the development, implementation, and evaluation of family planning initiatives.
All Community Education, Participation, and Engagement expectations from the Title X Program Handbook are listed below, along with resources your project can use to meet each one.
Featured Resources
Community Participation, Education, and Project Promotion Plan: Objectives, Activities, and Worksheet
Provide for opportunities for community education, participation, and engagement to: achieve community understanding of the objectives of the program; inform the community of the availability of services; and promote continued participation in the project by diverse persons to whom family planning services may be beneficial to ensure access to equitable, affordable, client-centered, quality family planning services. (42 CFR § 59.5(b)(3))
See the featured resources above and additional resources below.
Provide, to the maximum feasible extent, an opportunity for participation in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the project by persons broadly representative of all significant elements of the population to be served, and by others in the community knowledgeable about the community’s needs for family planning services. (42 CFR § 59.5(b)(10))
See the featured resources above and additional resources below.