Federal Project Grant Award Summary

The Crittenton Center received a $350,000 Project Grant from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families under the Basic Center Program (CFDA 93.623), effective September 30, 2025 through September 29, 2028. The grant funds "The Mobile Mansion: Outreach in Motion," a program providing emergency shelter, crisis intervention, and family reunification services to runaway and homeless youth under 18 years of age in western Iowa. Services include temporary emergency shelter (up to 21 days), counseling, case management, food, clothing, and health care referrals. The program targets vulnerable youth who have left home without parental permission, been forced from home, or lack safe alternative living arrangements and may otherwise enter law enforcement, child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems.

The Basic Center Program operates across a multi-county service area including Sioux City and Woodbury County, Iowa, with geographic extension into five surrounding rural counties. The award represents a standard three-year project period with three 12-month budget periods typical of Basic Center Program grants, which generally range from $165,000 to $772,140 nationally. As a tax-exempt nonprofit organization, The Crittenton Center administers multiple federally funded programs addressing youth homelessness and behavioral health needs, with this Basic Center grant supporting the organization's core emergency shelter and family reunification mission.