Project Grant 90CY7753

Payne County Youth Services, Inc. received a $350,000 Project Grant from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families under the Basic Center Program (CFDA 93.623) effective September 30, 2025, through September 29, 2028. The award funds emergency shelter and support services for youth under 18 years of age who have run away from home, been forced to leave home, or lack safe housing alternatives in the Oklahoma City area. Core services include up to 21 days of emergency shelter, food, clothing, individual and family counseling, and referrals for health care services, with a primary objective of facilitating family reunification when safe or identifying appropriate alternative placements.

The Basic Center Program supports community-based organizations in establishing and strengthening services designed to address the immediate needs of runaway and homeless youth and their families while preventing at-risk youth from entering law enforcement, child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems. Payne County Youth Services, Inc. brings demonstrated capacity to deliver these services, having maintained federal funding since 2006 with over $1.2 million in cumulative grant awards. The organization also operates complementary programs through sub-award partnerships with the Oklahoma District Attorneys Council, providing mental health and substance abuse counseling, crisis intervention, safe place sheltering, and victim advocacy services to youth ages 4-22.