Welcome to Family PACT
Family PACT is California's innovative approach to provide comprehensive family planning services to eligible low-income men and women. This clinical program increases access to services by expanding the provider network to include medical providers, pharmacies and laboratories.
Waiver Status
Please note that the extension has been changed to 10/31/2010.
Waiver Extension Status
2007 Cost-Analysis Reveals Family PACT's Cost Avoidance Nearly Doubled
The Office of Family Planning and the University of California at San Francisco are pleased to announce the release of the report Cost-Benefit Analysis of the California Family PACT Program for Calendar Year 2007. This study compares the cost of providing publicly-funded family planning services through the Family PACT Program in Calendar Year (CY) 2007 with projected public sector expenditures which would have occurred in the program's absence. The Family PACT Program averted an estimated 296,200 unintended pregnancies in California. Compared to a previous cost-benefit analysis conducted in 2002, cost avoidance nearly doubled due to the increased public sector cost per pregnancy, a greater number of pregnancies averted per client, and decreased Family PACT expenditures per client. The full report can be found at: http://bixbycenter.ucsf.edu/publications/files/FamilyPACTCost-BenefitAnalysis2007_2010Apr.pdf
California's Sound Policies Credited for Nation's Steepest Decline in Teen Pregnancy
Thanks to concerted, long-term effort, California’s teen pregnancy rate declined by 52% between 1992 and 2005, the steepest drop registered by any state over that period—and far above the national decline of 37%. Public health experts credit this record decline to California’s aggressive and evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention efforts dating back to the 1990s, according to "Winning Campaign: California's Concerted Effort to Reduce Its Teen Pregnancy Rate," published in the Spring 2010 issue of the Guttmacher Policy Review.
The Center for Research on Adolescent Health and Development has recently released the 2010 spring update for Teen Births in California. 2008 data show both California and national teen birth rates declining since 2006 — with California's drop of 2.6 teen births per 1,000 (from 37.8 in 2006 to 35.2 in 2008), six times larger than the national decline of only 0.4 teen births per 1,000 (from 41.9 in 2006 to 41.5 in 2008). Since 1991, California has experienced a 50% decrease in its teen birth rate, compared to the national decrease during this period of 33%. No Time for Complacency Spring 2010 Update, can be viewed at http://teenbirths.phi.org/2010TeenBirthsReport(2008data).pdf