Basic center program - 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…

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded Frontier Health (doing business as Watauga Behavioral Health) $577,262 under the Basic Center Grant program (CFDA 93.623) on September 30, 2025. The award funds emergency shelter, food, clothing, and counseling services for youth under 18 years of age who have run away or left home without permission, been forced to leave home, or are otherwise homeless. Frontier Health provides up to 21 days of emergency shelter per youth and delivers outreach, crisis intervention, and aftercare, with the goal of reuniting young people with their families when safe or locating appropriate alternative placements. The recipient, a nonprofit behavioral health provider based in Gray, Tennessee, serves the Appalachian region of Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Performance occurs in Tennessee through September 29, 2028. The award is structured as a three-year project period with annual 12-month budget periods and non-competing continuations available subject to satisfactory progress and compliance with award terms.

Basic center program - 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.