Lifeworks emergency shelter program - provides shelter, case management, and other support annually helping 36 youth experiencing homelessness secure safe and stable housing. - the basic center…

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded Youth & Family Alliance (doing business as Lifeworks) $400,000 on September 30, 2025, under the Basic Center Grant program (CFDA 93.623) to operate the Lifeworks Emergency Shelter Program serving runaway and homeless youth in Texas.

The program provides emergency shelter, case management, food, clothing, counseling, and health care referrals to youth under age 18, with capacity to serve up to 36 youth annually. The Basic Center Program offers up to 21 days of emergency shelter and crisis intervention services to youth who have run away, been forced to leave home, or lack safe alternative living arrangements. The program works to reunite youth with their families when deemed safe or to identify appropriate alternative placements.

The award covers a three-year period of performance from September 30, 2025, through September 29, 2028, with place of performance in Texas. Lifeworks, a nonprofit organization based in Austin, specializes in comprehensive social services for vulnerable youth and families experiencing homelessness and housing instability, offering programs including permanent and transitional housing, rapid re-housing, street outreach, and specialized services such as the Young Parents Program and Transitional Living Program.

Lifeworks emergency shelter program - provides shelter, case management, and other support annually helping 36 youth experiencing homelessness secure safe and stable housing. - 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.