Emergency youth shelter including counseling, outreach, and aftercare - the basic center program (BCP) (CY) provides temporary shelter and counseling services to youth who have left home without…

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded Mother Seton House Inc. $500,000 on September 30, 2025, under the Basic Center Program (CFDA 93.623) to provide emergency shelter and crisis counseling services to runaway, homeless, and at-risk youth.

The funding supports temporary residential shelter, emergency meals, clothing provision, individual and family counseling, health care referrals, and aftercare services for youth under age 18. Mother Seton House delivers up to 21 days of emergency shelter with the goal of reuniting young people with their families when safe or locating appropriate alternative placements. The program targets youth who have left home without parental permission, been forced to leave, or lack safe living arrangements, operating under the Basic Center Program framework to prevent youth contact with law enforcement or child welfare, mental health, and juvenile justice systems.

The award covers a three-year period of performance from September 30, 2025, through September 29, 2028, with place of performance in Virginia. Mother Seton House operates as the prime awardee with direct responsibility for program implementation at its shelter facilities.

Emergency youth shelter including counseling, outreach, and aftercare - 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.