Youth services bureau's basic center program provides youth ages 12-18 shelter and support services for up to 21 days. - the basic center program (BCP) (CY) provides temporary shelter and counseling…

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $695,752 to Redwood Community Action Agency (doing business as Youth Services Bureau) on September 30, 2025, under the Basic Center Grant program (CFDA 93.623).

The award funds emergency shelter, food, clothing, counseling, and health care referrals for youth ages 12–18 who have run away, been forced to leave home, or are otherwise homeless and at risk of entering law enforcement, child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems. The Basic Center Program provides up to 21 days of temporary shelter and crisis intervention services and seeks to reunite young people with their families when safe or to locate appropriate alternative placements.

The recipient, a non-profit community action agency located in Eureka, California, operates the program in California. Performance runs through September 29, 2028. The award is structured as a 3-year project period with three 12-month budget periods, with continuation subject to satisfactory progress and compliance with award terms.

Youth services bureau's basic center program provides youth ages 12-18 shelter and support services for up to 21 days. - 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.