Project Grant 90CY7730

Grant Award Summary

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 three-year period from September 30, 2025, through September 29, 2028. The award funds emergency shelter and supportive services to runaway and homeless youth ages 10-17 in Jacksonville, Florida. Core services include up to 21 days of emergency shelter, food, clothing, individual and family counseling, case management, and healthcare referrals. The organization works to reunify youth with their families when safe or identify appropriate alternative placements, with the overarching objective of preventing vulnerable youth from entering law enforcement, child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems.

In addition to the Basic Center Program funding, Youth Crisis Center, Inc. operates as a subgrantee through the City of Jacksonville, administering the House of Hope program, which provides nine-bedroom emergency shelter for homeless young adults ages 18-24 with LGBTQ-inclusive and gender-neutral housing options, and an Outpatient Behavioral Health Program delivering mental health counseling and psychiatric services to youth, teens, young adults, and parents throughout Jacksonville. This represents the organization's second consecutive three-year federal award under the Basic Center Program, demonstrating sustained federal commitment to the organization's comprehensive approach to addressing youth homelessness in the region.