Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program

The goal of the Youth Homeless Demonstration Program (YHDP) is to support selected communities in the development and implementation of a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness and sharing that experience with and

YHDP was funded by Congress to implement projects that demonstrate how a comprehensive approach to serving homeless youth, age 24 and younger, can dramatically reduce homelessness. This includes a variety of approaches, eligible activities and types of projects to fortify support for underserved communities and support equitable community development for all people by reducing homelessness through strengthen Federal, State, Tribal, and community implementation of the Housing First approach to reducing the prevalence of homelessness; The demonstration has seven primary objectives: • Prevent and End Youth Homelessness. • Build national momentum. • Promote equity in the delivery and outcomes of homeless assistance. • Highlight the importance of youth leadership. • Evaluate the coordinated community approach. • Expand capacity. • Evaluate performance measures. .

Organization that serve homeless unaccompanied youth (age 24 and younger) and homeless youth (age 24 and younger) with children.

Homeless unaccompanied youth (age 24 and younger) and homeless youth (age 24 and younger) with children.

Eleven types of assistance may be provided through the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program: (1) acquisition of real property (including structures) for use in the provision of housing or supportive services; (2) rehabilitation of structures to provide housing or supportive services; (3) new construction, including the building of a new structure or building an addition to an existing structure for use as supportive housing; (4) leasing of a new structure or structures, or portions thereof, to provide housing or supportive services; (5) rental assistance, which may be short-term, medium-term, or long-term, as well as tenant-based, project-based, or sponsor-based, for transitional or permanent housing; (6) supportive services to assist program participants obtain and maintain housing; (7) operating costs of supportive housing; (8) costs of implementing and operating HMIS; (9) program administrative costs; (10) relocation costs; and (11) indirect costs in accordance with 2 CFR Part 200, as applicable.

No assistance provided under this program (or any State or local government funds used to supplement this assistance) may be used to replace State or local funds previously used, or designated for use, to assist homeless persons or persons at-risk of homelessness

Initial grants are two-year grants. All YHDP funds must be obligated by September 30, 2025.

Preapplication coordination is required.

Criteria for selecting applications for assistance are defined in a Notice of Funding Availability in the Federal Register and at https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/comm_planning/yhdp.

HUD will award project funds based on the following factors: HUD will rank community applications in order of responses to the rating factors outlined in section V.A.1 of this NOFO. If two or more communities receive the same score, HUD will rank the applications according to the score on Youth Collaboration Rating Factor. HUD will use a formula, to determine each selected community's maximum total funding in order to scale awards to estimated community need .

Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate, for application deadlines

Processing of applications and selection of successful applicants will take place at HUD. HUD Headquarters will make selection and obligate funds as soon as applications can be processed.

Project renewals are allowed under the CoC program competition. See the subsequent CoC Competition Notice of Funding Availabilities for more information.

Applicants may appeal the results of HUD's review and selection process if they believe a HUD error has occurred. Appeals must be in writing to the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, must specify the error, and provide sufficient documentation.