Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program
Program Funding
Annual program obligations reported to SAM.gov.
Who has received this funding
Organizations awarded under CFDA 14.276 (USAspending.gov).
- Regional Task Force On The Homeless, Inc $7,812,353
- All Chicago Making Homelessness History 2 awards $7,055,739
- Housing Forward $4,405,381
- Community Partnership Of Southeast Missouri $4,247,889
- Homeless Services Network Of Central Florida, Inc. $3,967,286
- Idaho Housing And Finance Association $3,701,023
- La Casa Norte $3,612,559
- Ozone House, Inc. $3,131,638
- Cuyahoga, County Of $3,108,549
Program Objective
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 mobilizing communities around the country toward the same end. The population to be served by this demonstration program is youth experiencing homelessness, age 24 and under, including unaccompanied youth and pregnant or parenting youth who are experiencing homelessness. HUD will award approximately $72,000,000 in YHDP under this NOFO through funding appropriated for fiscal year (FY) 2023 through the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Public Law 117-328) ("FY 2023 Appropriations Act). The FY 2023 Appropriations Act appropriated this funding to HUD "to implement projects to demonstrate how a comprehensive approach to serving homeless youth, age 24 and under ... can dramatically reduce youth homelessness.”
Eligibility
Eligible Applicants
- Unrestricted by Individual Type
Organization that serve homeless unaccompanied youth (age 24 and younger) and homeless youth (age 24 and younger) with children.
Beneficiaries
- Unrestricted by Individual Type
Homeless unaccompanied youth (age 24 and younger) and homeless youth (age 24 and younger) with children.
How to Apply
Award Procedure
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 .
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.
Program details & compliance
Description
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.
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Mission Categories
Primary: Rural Housing
Other categories:
Cooperatives, Rental
Use of Funds
Allowed Uses
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.
Restrictions
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
Required Documentation
Private nonprofit status is documented by submitting either (1) a copy of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ruling providing tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code; or (2) documentation showing that the entity is a certified United Way agency, or (3) a certification from a licensed CPA that no part of the net earnings of the organization insures to the benefit of any member, founder, contributor, or individual; that the organization has a voluntary board; that the organization practices nondiscrimination in the provision of assistance and that the organization has a functioning accounting system. In addition, governmental entities and public housing agencies will certify to their eligibility. 2 CFR part 200 applies to this program.
Matching Requirements
This NOFO requires a Project Applicant to leverage resources through cost sharing or matching as described in the regulation at 24 CFR 578.73, except as otherwise provided in Appendix A.
Reporting & Compliance
Applicable 2 CFR 200 Subparts
- Subpart B — General Provisions
- Subpart C — Pre-Federal Award Requirements
- Subpart D — Post-Federal Award Requirements
- Subpart E — Cost Principles
- Subpart F — Audit Requirements