Federal Project Grant Award Summary

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development awarded Ignite ORG's Teen Living Programs Division a Project Grant of $201,406 under the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267), with an award date of March 1, 2026 and completion date of February 28, 2027. The CoC Program is designed to promote community-wide commitment to ending homelessness by funding nonprofit providers, states, and local governments to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families while minimizing trauma and dislocation.

Ignite ORG will deliver comprehensive supportive services and housing solutions targeting unaccompanied, pregnant, and parenting youth experiencing homelessness in the Chicago metropolitan area. The funding supports one or more of the five CoC Program components: permanent supportive housing and rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services only, Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS), and homelessness prevention activities. Services provided include emergency shelter, counseling, street outreach, transitional housing, permanent housing solutions, rental assistance, and HMIS to facilitate coordinated community responses to youth homelessness while promoting self-sufficiency among affected populations.