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 The Relatives Inc. $700,000 on September 30, 2025, under the Basic Center Grant program (CFDA 93.623) to provide emergency shelter, food, clothing, counseling, and health care referrals to runaway and homeless youth under 18 years of age in North Carolina.

The award funds a Basic Center Program delivering up to 21 days of emergency shelter and crisis intervention services. The program seeks to reunite youth with their families where safe or locate appropriate alternative placements, serving youth who have left home without parental permission, been forced to leave home, or lack safe living arrangements. Services include outreach, shelter, counseling, and aftercare to prevent youth from entering law enforcement, child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems.

The Relatives Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Charlotte, North Carolina, operates the program through September 29, 2028. The award represents a three-year project period consistent with program structure, which provides non-competing annual continuations based on 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.