Federal Grant Award Summary

Brighton Center, Inc. received a $250,000 Project Grant from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families under the Basic Center Program (CFDA 93.623) effective September 30, 2025 through September 29, 2028. Through its Homeward Bound Shelter operating in Kentucky, Brighton Center provides emergency shelter and support services to youth under 18 years of age who are runaway, homeless, or otherwise lack safe housing. The organization delivers up to 21 days of temporary emergency shelter, food, clothing, crisis counseling, and health care referrals to eligible youth, with the primary objective of facilitating family reunification when safe or identifying appropriate alternative living arrangements to prevent youth from entering law enforcement, child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems.

The Basic Center Program grant supports Brighton Center's community-based service delivery model designed to address immediate needs of runaway and homeless youth and their families. The three-year award period consists of three 12-month budget periods and is contingent upon satisfactory progress and fund availability. Brighton Center operates this program alongside complementary federal funding, including a concurrent $226,000 Transitional Living Program grant from the same agency, enabling the organization to provide coordinated short-term emergency intervention and longer-term transitional housing services to vulnerable youth populations across Northern Kentucky.