Higher ground- 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…

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded Child and Family Charities $700,000 on September 30, 2025, under the Basic Center Grant program (CFDA 93.623) to provide emergency shelter, counseling, and crisis intervention services to runaway and homeless youth under 18 years old in Michigan.

The award funds a three-year project period through September 29, 2028. Child and Family Charities operates the Basic Center Program, which delivers up to 21 days of emergency shelter, food, clothing, counseling, and referrals for health care to youth who have left home without parental permission, been forced to leave home, or are otherwise homeless and at risk of involvement with law enforcement or child welfare, mental health, and juvenile justice systems. The program works to reunite youth with their families when safe to do so or to locate appropriate alternative placements. Services are provided in Michigan.

Higher ground- 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.