Basic Center Program
Closed Posted
- Opportunity number
- HHS-2021-ACF-ACYF-CY-1923
- Agency
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Administration for Children and Families
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications due
- Award size
- $50,000 to $200,000
Opportunity facts
- Assistance listings
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- 93.623 Basic Center Grant
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Income Security and Social Services
- Eligible applicants
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- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Independent School Districts
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- City/Township Governments
- Public or Indian Housing Auth.
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- State Governments
- Other
- County Governments
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Special District Governments
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
Synopsis
The Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families' Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) announces the availability of funds under the Basic Center Program (BCP). The purpose of BCP is to provide emergency 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 seeks to reunite young people with their families, whenever possible, or to locate appropriate alternative placements. Additional services may include: street-based services; home-based services for families with youth at risk of separation from the family; drug abuse education and prevention services; and at the request of runaway and homeless youth, testing for sexually transmitted diseases.
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