Elevate youth service's application for basic center program services. - the basic center program (BCP) (CY) provides temporary shelter and counseling services to youth who have left home without…

Elevate Youth Services Inc., doing business as Washington County Youth Service Bureau, received a $350,000 Project Grant award from the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) under the Basic Center Program (CFDA 93.623), effective September 30, 2025, through September 29, 2028. The award funds emergency shelter and crisis intervention services for youth under 18 years of age who have run away, been forced to leave home, or are otherwise experiencing homelessness. Elevate Youth Services will provide up to 21 days of temporary emergency shelter, food, clothing, counseling, case management, and health care referrals designed to meet the immediate needs of runaway and homeless youth while working to reunite them with their families when safe to do so or to identify appropriate alternative placements.

The Basic Center Program supports community-based organizations in establishing or strengthening programs that prevent at-risk youth from entering law enforcement, child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems. Elevate Youth Services brings substantial experience in this mission, having received multiple federal awards totaling over $2 million from HUD and ACYF since 2004, including prior Transitional Living Program funding and ongoing Continuum of Care grants for permanent and transitional housing. This three-year award reflects typical Basic Center Program funding patterns, which generally support 12- to 21-bed emergency shelters and provide outreach, shelter, crisis intervention, and aftercare services to vulnerable youth populations in central Vermont.

Elevate youth service's application for basic center program services. - 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.