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BCHD says Title X and Ryan White funding cuts are reducing clinic capacity and lowering STI targets

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BCHD officials told council members that federal Title X and state Ryan White reductions will shrink client capacity at reproductive health and HIV clinics, have already reduced clinic staffing and prompted lower FY26 performance targets for STI visits.

Baltimore City Health Department leaders told the Budget Appropriations Committee that federal and state funding reductions are forcing reductions in clinical capacity and performance targets for reproductive and HIV/STI services.

Commissioner Marybeth Haller said Title X funding for reproductive health clinics is projected to be cut by 32% in FY26 and that the department projects this could mean "a reduction in 600 fewer clients annually." Haller said the department is eliminating some planned…

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