Pathfinders youth shelter and outreach - 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 Pathfinders Milwaukee, Inc. $700,000 on September 30, 2025, under the Basic Center Grant program (CFDA 93.623) to provide emergency shelter, counseling, food, clothing, and health care referrals to runaway and homeless youth under age 18 in Wisconsin. The award funds up to 21 days of shelter per youth and seeks to reunite young people with their families when safe or to locate appropriate alternative placements, working to prevent entry into law enforcement, child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems. The period of performance runs through September 29, 2028. The Basic Center Grant program provides outreach and crisis intervention services to youth who have run away or left home without parental permission, have been forced to leave home, cannot safely remain with parents or guardians, lack other safe living arrangements, or face contact with law enforcement or involvement with child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems.

Pathfinders youth shelter and outreach - 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.