The RHY program provides emergency shelter, street outreach, case managemet, counseling, academic services/support, gateway services, aftercare, and follow up to homeless/runaway 10-17 year olds. -…

Youth Crisis Center, Inc. received a $350,000 Project Grant from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families under the Basic Center Program (CFDA 93.623) for the period of September 30, 2025, through September 29, 2028. The award supports emergency shelter, crisis intervention, and family reunification services for runaway and homeless youth ages 10-17 in Florida. Primary services include up to 21 days of emergency shelter, food, clothing, individual and family counseling, case management, health care referrals, street outreach, and aftercare follow-up designed to prevent youth involvement with law enforcement, child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems.

In addition to direct services funded through this prime award, Youth Crisis Center, Inc. operates as a subgrantee under the City of Jacksonville, receiving supplemental sub-grant funding for specialized programs including House of Hope, a nine-bedroom emergency shelter for homeless young adults ages 18-24 with LGBTQ-inclusive and gender-neutral housing, and an Outpatient Behavioral Health Program providing mental health counseling and psychiatric services to youth, teens, young adults, and families throughout Jacksonville. This represents the organization's second consecutive three-year Basic Center Program award, demonstrating sustained federal commitment to comprehensive youth homelessness services in the region.

The RHY program provides emergency shelter, street outreach, case managemet, counseling, academic services/support, gateway services, aftercare, and follow up to homeless/runaway 10-17 year olds. - 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.