The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is offering the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program grant to empower communities in preventing and ending youth homelessness. This grant is for Continuum of Care (CoC) Collaborative Applicants to develop and execute comprehensive, coordinated community plans (CCPs) for youth aged 24 and under. Selected communities, up to 25, will receive funding ranging from $600,000 to $15 million over a two-year term, with potential for renewal. The program prioritizes innovative practices to serve unaccompanied, pregnant, or parenting youth experiencing homelessness. Its purpose is to demonstrate how a comprehensive approach can significantly reduce youth homelessness through tailored projects and strong community-wide strategies, supported by technical assistance.
Opportunity ID: 354732
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | FR-6800-N-35 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Youth Homeless Demonstration Program |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Community Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 20 |
| Assistance Listings: | 14.276 — Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 06, 2024 |
| Last Updated Date: | Jun 06, 2024 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 29, 2024 The application deadline is 11:59:59 PM Eastern time on |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Aug 29, 2024 The application deadline is 11:59:59 PM Eastern time on |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $72,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $15,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $600,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | State governments Special district governments County governments Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) City or township governments |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | (25) OtherIndian Tribes and tribally designated housing entities as defined in Section 4 of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103)Nonprofits, as demonstrated by criteria at 24 CFR 5.109(l)(1) through 24 CFR 5.109(l)(5).Community Selection application:Available to Collaborative Applicants designated by CoCs registered through the most recent CoC Program Registration process. The Collaborative Applicant can apply for any community located within its CoC’s geographic area. The Collaborative Applicant can also apply for multiple communities located within its CoC’s geographic area; however, HUD will not select more than one community within a CoC’s geographic area.Project application:Project Applicants that are designated during the application process by the Collaborative Applicant or its designee are eligible to apply for grant funds. The Collaborative Applicant may apply for projects under this Demonstration as well. The Collaborative Applicants that are not Unified Funding Agencies (UFAs) may also designate an eligible applicant to be the recipient of the planning grant. UFAs must apply for and be recipient of all grants for their community. For-profit entities are not eligible to apply for grants or to be subrecipients of grant funds.For a dedicated HMIS grant, the project application must either be from the UFA (when there is a UFA for the community) or the HMIS Lead (when there is no UFA for the community) that will be the grant recipient.To be considered for funding, Project Applicants must provide completed information required by HUD, outlined in Appendix A of this NOFOEligible Program Participants.Funds awarded under the YHDP must only be used to serve:a. Youth, as defined in I.A.4, who initially qualify as homeless under paragraph (1) or (2) of the homeless definition in 24 CFR 578.3 or section 103(b) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, or;b. Youth who initially qualify to be served as stated in I.C.5 of Appendix A. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| Description: | 1. NOFO HighlightsHUD will select up to 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 $600,000 and $15 million per community, based on each community’s youth population size and poverty rate, for a total demonstration amount of approximately $60 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 A ]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 [Section I.A]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. |
| Link to Additional Information: | https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/comm_planning/yhdp |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Nili Soni
youthdemo@hud.gov Email:youthdemo@hud.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 354732 Full Announcement-Full Announcement -> FR-6800-N-35_NOFO.pdf
Folder 354732 Other Supporting Documents-Other Supporting Documents -> 2993.PDF.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Nili Soni youthdemo@hud.gov Email: youthdemo@hud.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14.276 | FR-6800-N-35 | Youth Homeless Demonstration Program | PKG00286872 | Jun 06, 2024 | Aug 29, 2024 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
354732 SF424_4_0-4.0.pdf
354732 SF424B-1.1.pdf
354732 HUD_424B-1.0.pdf
354732 HUD_DisclosureUpdateReport_4_0-4.0.pdf
354732 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
354732 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf
Optional forms
354732 SFLLL_2_0-2.0.pdf
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