Youth Homeless Demonstration Program for Fiscal Year 2024

Closed Posted

Opportunity number
FR-6900-N-35
Agency
Applications due
Award size
$500,000 to $15,000,000

Opportunity facts

Assistance listings
Funding instrument
Grant
Category
  • Community Development
Eligible applicants
  • Special District Governments
  • Other
  • City/Township Governments
  • County Governments
  • State Governments
Points of contact
Full announcement

Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .

About this opportunity

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is seeking applicants for the Youth Homeless Demonstration Program (YHDP) for Fiscal Year 2024. HUD will select between 12 and 25 communities to participate in the program, which aims to develop and execute a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness. The selected communities must include a Youth Action Board, the local or state public child welfare agency, and other partners. The rating and ranking criteria outlined in the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) will be used to competitively select the communities, though HUD reserves the right to select lower-scoring applications. Selected communities will be required to develop and implement a Coordinated Community Plan (CCP) and a Continuous Quality Improvement Plan (CQIP) within specific timeframes.

The program will provide up to $15 million in funding per selected community, based on the youth population size and poverty rate, for a total demonstration amount of approximately $72 million. The grant term is 2 years, with the possibility of renewal under the Continuum of Care Program. Technical assistance will be available to the selected communities to support the development and implementation of the CCP and CQIP. The application deadline for this funding opportunity is April 17, 2025, and the anticipated award date is July 2, 2025.

Synopsis

1. NOFO HighlightsHUD will select between 12 and 25 communities to participate in the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) to develop and execute a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness.Only CoC Collaborative Applicants may apply for a community under this NOFO [Section III.A]Community selection applications are submitted through grants.gov.Communities represented by the CoC Collaborative Applicant must include a Youth Action Board, the local or state public child welfare agency, and a broad array of other partners [V.A]The rating and ranking criteria included in this NOFO will be used to competitively select the communities; however, HUD has the right to select lower scoring community selection applications, as provided in section III.F.a and Section V.B.Selected Communities will:Develop and implement a CCP to prevent and end youth homelessness [Section III.F.b]Apply for project funding up to an amount between $500,000 and $15 million per community, based on each community's youth population size and poverty rate, for a total demonstration amount of approximately $72 million [Section II.C]Request funding for all project types allowed under the CoC Program to support homeless youth, as well as innovative project types that may require a waiver of or an exception to CoC Program or McKinney-Vento Act requirements [Appendix III ]Request funding for a 2-year grant term that may be eligible for renewal under the CoC Program.Have technical assistance available to them to advise the development and implementation of the CCP and CQIP [Section III.G]NOFO PriorityThe purpose of the YHDP is to implement projects that demonstrate how a comprehensive approach to serving homeless youth age 24 and under can dramatically reduce youth homelessness. The population to be served by this demonstration program is youth experiencing homelessness, including unaccompanied and pregnant or parenting youth. In order to effectively implement a system that addresses the needs of youth experiencing homelessness, Continuums of Care (CoCs) must understand the subgroups of unaccompanied youth and incorporate those understandings into the YHDP CCP and awarded projects. This will require CoCs to use innovative practices to design better projects and strong comprehensive plans to prevent and end youth homelessness.

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FR-6900-N-35_NOFO.pdf PDF

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