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Runaway and Homeless Youth

The CoC Program (24 CFR part 578) is designed to promote a community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; to provide funding for efforts by nonprofit organizations, state governments, local governments, instrumentalities of state and local governments, Indian Tribes, tribally designated housing entities, as defined in section 4 of ...
This website features a new curriculum that is based on research and input from experts, families who have experience with fostering or adopting children, and former foster and adoptive youth. It provides potential foster or adoptive parents with the information and tools needed to parent a child who has experienced ...
This fact sheet presents statistics on increased risks for LGBTQ youth and provides information on how child welfare systems can avoid harmful practices and use healthy approaches when working with LGBTQ children and youth. Learn more.  
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issues this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to invite applications from eligible applicants for the program and purpose described within this NOFO. Prospective applicants should carefully read all instructions in all sections to avoid sending an incomplete or ineligible application. HUD ...
The redesigned National Foster Care Month website has launched. The website provides information on the history of the National Foster Care Month initiative, links to relevant resources for this May observance, personal narratives from the Reflections: Stories of Foster Care series, and tools to raise awareness about National Foster Care ...
1. NOFO Highlights HUD 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 ...
HUD’s Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs (SNAPS) invites homeless assistance providers and their partners to participate in Office Hours to discuss COVID-19 planning and response on Fridays from 2:30 to 4:00 PM ET. Presenters from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), HUD, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs ...
This issue brief (PDF, 16 pages) explores strategies to integrate human trafficking prevention into Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) programs. These strategies emphasize the vital role that trauma informed RHY programs can play in the prevention of sex and labor trafficking among runaway and homeless youth. Learn more (PDF, 16 ...
The Let’s Talk podcast elevates voices of young people as they share their stories and highlights the complexities and intersections that are witnessed by the 4.2 million young people experiencing homelessness across the United States each year. The podcast launched in November, National Runaway Prevention Month. Learn more. ...
This free, evidence-based, interactive, 14 module curriculum is intended to educate young people about alternatives to running away and to build life skills so that youth can resolve problems without resorting to running away or unsafe behavior. The curriculum is primarily designed for youth ages 10-20, but can be adapted ...
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