Palmetto place 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…

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded Palmetto Place Children & Youth Services $249,986 on September 30, 2025, under the Basic Center Grant program (CFDA 93.623) to provide emergency shelter, food, clothing, counseling, and health care referrals to runaway and homeless youth under age 18. The award covers the period September 30, 2025, through September 29, 2028, with performance in South Carolina. Palmetto Place operates as The Community Center for Abused & Neglected Children and can provide up to 21 days of shelter per youth while seeking family reunification or locating appropriate alternative placements. The Basic Center Program serves youth who have left home without parental permission, been forced to leave home, or lack safe alternative living arrangements, with the goal of preventing entry into law enforcement, child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems.

Palmetto place 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.