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…

Park Place Outreach, Inc. received a $349,808 Project Grant award from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACF) under the Basic Center Program (CFDA 93.623), effective September 30, 2025, through September 29, 2028. The award funds emergency shelter and crisis intervention services for runaway and homeless youth under 18 years of age in Georgia. Through this three-year funding period, Park Place Outreach will provide up to 21 days of temporary shelter, emergency food and clothing, individual and family counseling, health care referrals, and case management services, with a primary focus on family reunification whenever safe and appropriate.

The Basic Center Program grant supports Park Place Outreach's community-based efforts to prevent youth involvement in law enforcement, child welfare, mental health, and juvenile justice systems. The organization will conduct outreach activities to identify at-risk and homeless youth, provide crisis intervention and counseling services, and work to reunite young people with their families or locate alternative safe placements. This award represents one component of Park Place Outreach's comprehensive portfolio of federally funded youth homelessness services, which also includes transitional living programs and prevention initiatives serving youth throughout the Savannah, Georgia area.

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.