Family and Youth Services Bureau’s Division of Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) is accepting applications for the Street Outreach Program (SOP) to provide prevention and intervention services to street youth and young adults who have runaway, and are experiencing homelessness, and have been subjected to, or are at-risk of being subjected to, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, and severe forms of trafficking in persons.
Donor Name: Administration for Children and Families
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/20/2023
Size of the Grant: $150,000
Grant Duration: 36 months
Details:
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) supports organizations and communities that work every day to end youth homelessness, adolescent pregnancy, and domestic violence.
Goal
Provide street-based services to street youth and young adults who are experiencing homelessness or have runaway, who are under 21 years of age and who have been subjected to, or are at risk of being subjected to, sexual abuse, exploitation, and severe forms of trafficking (sex and/or labor); and to build relationships between street outreach workers and these youth to move them into safe and stable housing or emergency shelter and prepare them for independence.
Project Requirements
- Conduct Street Outreach and Provide Access to Shelter
- Comprehensive Youth-Centered Services Model
- Street-Based Services to RHY Experiencing, or At-Risk of Experiencing, Human Trafficking
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Funding: $4,582,625
- Award Ceiling: $150,000
- Award Floor: $90,000
Project Periods
36-month project period with three 12-month budget periods.
Eligible Applicants
- City or township governments
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- County governments
- Independent school districts
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- Special district governments
- State governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Additional Information on Eligibility
Eligible applicants include public and non-profit private agencies and coordinated networks of such entities. For-profit organizations are not eligible. Private institutions of higher education must be non-profit entities. In selecting applicants to receive grants under this funding announcement, priority will be given to public and non-profit, private agencies that have experience in providing services to runaway, homeless, and street youth. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible and will be disqualified from competitive review and funding under this funding opportunity. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity. Faith-based organizations may apply for this award on the same basis as any other organization, as set forth at and, subject to the protections and requirements of 45 CFR Part 87 and 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq., ACF will not, in the selection of recipients, discriminate against an organization on the basis of the organization’s religious character, affiliation, or exercise.
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