Compass house basic center grant - the basic center program (BCP) (CY) provides temporary shelter and counseling services to youth who have left home without permission of their parents or…

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $700,000 to Compass House on September 30, 2025, under the Basic Center Grant program (CFDA 93.623) to provide emergency shelter, counseling, food, clothing, and health care referrals to runaway and homeless youth under 18 years of age. Compass House, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Buffalo, New York, will operate as the recipient and deliver up to 21 days of emergency shelter per youth, crisis intervention, and family reunification services or placement coordination for youth who have left home without parental permission, been forced from home, or lack safe alternative living arrangements. The award runs through September 29, 2028, with services delivered in New York. The Basic Center Program funds community-based outreach and shelter operations designed to prevent youth from entering law enforcement, child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems.

Compass house basic center grant - the basic center program (BCP) (CY) provides temporary shelter and counseling services to youth who have left home without permission of their parents or guardians, have been forced to leave home, or other homeless youth who might otherwise end up in the law enforcement or in the child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems. Bcps work to establish or strengthen community-based programs that meet the immediate needs of runaway and homeless youth and their families. Bcps provide youth under 18 years of age with emergency shelter, food, clothing, counseling and referrals for health care. Bcps can provide up to 21 days of shelter for youth and seek to reunite young people with their families, whenever possible, or to locate appropriate alternative placements.