Roots to rise: a trauma-informed youth housing & empowerment program provides homeless youth with supervised transitional housing, case management, IND

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded Family Service Agency of DeKalb County Illinois Inc. $602,018 on September 30, 2025, under the Transitional Living for Homeless Youth program (CFDA 93.550) to operate the Roots to Rise trauma-informed youth housing and empowerment program.

The award funds supervised transitional housing, case management, individual service planning, counseling, and life skills training for runaway and homeless youth ages 16 to under 22. The program provides safe, stable shelter for up to 18 months, extendable to 21 months under extenuating circumstances, with comprehensive services designed to support transition to self-sufficiency and stable, independent living. Services include basic life skills, educational and job attainment opportunities, and counseling.

The recipient operates as the Children's Advocacy Center of DeKalb County and is based in DeKalb, Illinois. Performance occurs in Illinois. The period of performance runs from September 30, 2025, through September 29, 2028. The assistance type is a Project Grant.

Service planning, counseling, life skills, etc. - 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.