Saginaw County Youth Protection Council

Saginaw County Youth Protection Council, a Michigan-based tax-exempt nonprofit organization, receives federal grants as a prime recipient for youth homelessness interventions and emergency shelter services. The organization operates across two federal grant programs — the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program under HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development and the Transitional Living Program and Basic Center Program under HHS's Administration for Children and Families — with a portfolio of 90 awards (72% prime grants, 28% sub-awards) totaling $12 million obligated across the past several years.

The organization's customer concentration runs heavily toward a single federal agency line. HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development funds 52 of the 90 awards (58% of the portfolio), while HHS Administration for Children and Families accounts for the remainder split across multiple programs (Transitional Living Program, Basic Center Program). This concentration in HUD CoC funding is the dominant driver of volume and dollars. Saginaw County Youth Protection Council acts as a prime grant recipient on HUD CoC awards and on three HHS youth homelessness programs: it holds a current $350,000 three-year Transitional Living Program grant (CFDA 93.550) awarded September 30, 2025 through September 29, 2028; a $322,930 three-year Basic Center Program grant (CFDA 93.623) awarded September 30, 2025 through September 29, 2028, funding emergency shelter and crisis intervention for runaway and homeless youth under age 18; and recurring HUD CoC Project Grants, including a $191,100 award effective August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2026. The organization also holds a HUD CoC Project Grant awarded June 1, 2026 with ultimate completion May 31, 2027.

Saginaw County Youth Protection Council's service delivery encompasses emergency shelter (up to 21 days), crisis intervention, transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, basic life skills training, educational and employment support, case management, and family reunification services for homeless and runaway youth ages 16 to under 22. In its sub-recipient role, the organization receives funding through the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services for Transitional Living Projects and Outreach and Basic Care Center Projects, with multiple sub-awards beginning October 1, 2023 and continuing through October 1, 2025.

Activity has been cyclical — three awards in 2022, thirteen in 2023, fourteen in 2024, six in 2025, and one in early 2026 — reflecting annual appropriation and recompete cycles in HUD CoC and HHS youth programs. Two awards face completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete opportunity for the HUD CoC and HHS program year cycles. The organization's federal footprint remains narrowly concentrated in youth homelessness and runaway services delivered in Saginaw, Michigan with no exposure to federal contracting, commercial IT, or defense work.