The channel islands ymca TLP promotes self-sufficiency and reduces homelessness through shelter, street outreach, and comprehensive services for 180 homeless youth each year for three years. - the…

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Channel Islands Young Men's Christian Association $699,964 on September 30, 2025, under the Transitional Living Program (CFDA 93.550) to operate a transitional living facility serving homeless youth in California.

The Channel Islands YMCA, doing business as YMCA Youth & Family Services, will provide safe, stable shelter and comprehensive supportive services to 180 homeless youth annually for three years through September 29, 2028. The program serves runaway and homeless youth ages 16 to under 22 for up to 18 months of residential stay, extendable to 21 months under extenuating circumstances. Services include basic life skills training, educational and job attainment opportunities, counseling, and street outreach designed to support youth transition to self-sufficiency and stable independent living.

The recipient is a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Carpinteria, California, operating since 2006 as an affiliate of the national YMCA network. The organization operates multiple federal grant-funded youth homelessness programs including a Basic Center Program for emergency shelter and a Street Outreach Program alongside this transitional living initiative.

The channel islands ymca TLP promotes self-sufficiency and reduces homelessness through shelter, street outreach, and comprehensive services for 180 homeless youth each year for three years. - the transitional living program (TLP) (CX) provides safe, stable, and appropriate shelter for runaway and homeless youth ages 16 to under 22 for up to 18 months and, under extenuating circumstances, can be extended to 21 months. Tlps provide comprehensive services (e.g., basic life skills, educational and job attainment opportunities, counseling) that supports the transition of homeless youth to self-sufficiency and stable, independent living.