Basic center grant - 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…

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded Prevail CA seven hundred thousand dollars in a Basic Center Grant (CFDA 93.623) on September 30, 2025, to provide emergency shelter, food, clothing, counseling, and health care referrals for runaway and homeless youth under 18 years of age in California. Prevail CA, a nonprofit shelter provider operating in San Joaquin County, will deliver up to 21 days of emergency shelter per youth while working to reunite young people with their families or locate appropriate alternative placements. The award carries a period of performance through September 29, 2028. The Basic Center Program provides outreach and crisis intervention to youth who have left home without parental permission, been forced to leave home, cannot safely remain with a parent or guardian, or lack other safe living arrangements and may otherwise enter law enforcement, child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems.

Basic center grant - 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.