Opportunity Information: Apply for FR 6000 N 35
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- The Department of Housing and Urban Development in the community development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 14.276.
- This funding opportunity was created on Aug 22, 2016.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 30, 2016 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 115959 p.m., ET, on the listed application due date.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $15,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.
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Opportunity Summary:
The Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) is a competitive HUD grant opportunity designed to help communities build and test a coordinated, system-level approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness. Rather than funding a set of isolated projects, YHDP is meant to show what works when a community aligns its housing, services, and decision-making into a comprehensive system of care for unaccompanied youth. HUD planned to select up to 10 communities nationwide, including four rural communities, and then support those communities as they design and carry out a locally tailored plan that can inform broader federal strategy.
Eligibility to apply is limited to Continuum of Care (CoC) Collaborative Applicants, meaning the entity that submits the CoC Program application on behalf of the community. Although the underlying system partners can include many types of organizations (such as state, county, city or township governments and qualified nonprofits), only the CoC Collaborative Applicant is allowed to submit the application for this Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA). Applications were required to be submitted electronically through Grants.gov, with a deadline of November 30, 2016 (by 11:59:59 p.m. ET). HUD indicated that selections would be announced in January 2017, using the NOFA rating and ranking criteria to competitively choose which communities would participate.
A central expectation of YHDP is that communities bring the right partners to the table and meaningfully include youth voices. The community represented by the CoC Collaborative Applicant must have a youth advisory board and must include the local or state public child welfare agency, along with a broad array of other stakeholders. The intent is to ensure the response reflects real youth experience and connects to the systems that most directly affect young people, including those who may be in or exiting foster care, involved with juvenile justice, or interacting with schools, healthcare, and other supports. HUD emphasized that communities must understand distinct subgroups of unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness, including pregnant and parenting youth, LGBTQ youth, and minors, because each group can face different safety risks, barriers to services, and housing needs.
Once selected into the demonstration, communities would develop and implement a Coordinated Community Plan to prevent and end youth homelessness. Funding was structured in two stages: first, HUD selects the communities, and then those selected communities apply for project funding on a rolling basis through HUDs e-snaps system beginning in early 2017. Individual community award amounts could range from $1 million to $15 million, depending on the communitys youth population size and poverty rate, with a total demonstration amount up to $33 million. Projects would generally have a 2-year grant term and be eligible for renewal under the CoC Program as long as they meet the statutory requirements that apply to CoC-funded projects.
YHDP funding could support the full range of project types allowed under the CoC Program for homeless and at-risk youth, and it also encouraged innovation. HUD signaled that some innovative project models might require waivers of certain CoC Program requirements, reflecting the demonstrations purpose of testing approaches that may not fit neatly into standard program rules. In addition to funding, selected communities would receive a dedicated team of technical assistance providers to help design and implement the coordinated plan, and they would participate in an evaluation intended to generate lessons for national policy and future investments in youth homelessness solutions.
The NOFAs policy rationale ties directly to the federal governments broader homelessness strategy. It builds on the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) Opening Doors plan, which identified youth as a special population and set a goal of preventing and ending youth homelessness by 2020. YHDP reflects the belief that communities are most effective when they operate a true crisis response system: assessing needs and assets at the system level, using data to plan and allocate resources, strengthening prevention and diversion, and coordinating outreach, housing, and services so that youth are identified quickly and connected to safe, stable housing with appropriate supports. Overall, YHDP is best understood as a place-based demonstration: HUD funds a small set of communities, requires deep cross-system coordination and youth partnership, supports implementation with technical assistance, and then evaluates outcomes to determine what a comprehensive community response to youth homelessness should look like at scale.
Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) FAQs
What is the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP)?
YHDP is a competitive grant opportunity from HUD designed to help communities build and test a coordinated, system-level approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness. Instead of funding a set of disconnected projects, YHDP focuses on aligning housing, services, and community decision-making into a comprehensive system of care for unaccompanied youth.
What is the main purpose of YHDP?
The main purpose is to demonstrate what works when a community organizes a true crisis response system for youth homelessness, including coordinated outreach, housing, services, prevention/diversion, and data-driven planning. HUD intended for the demonstration to produce lessons that could inform broader federal strategy and future investments.
How many communities did HUD plan to select?
HUD planned to select up to 10 communities nationwide, including four rural communities.
Who is eligible to apply for YHDP?
Eligibility to apply is limited to Continuum of Care (CoC) Collaborative Applicants. This is the entity that submits the CoC Program application on behalf of the community.
Can a nonprofit, city, county, or state agency apply directly?
Not under this NOFA. While community partners can include state, county, city, or township governments and qualified nonprofits, only the CoC Collaborative Applicant is permitted to submit the YHDP application.
How were applications submitted?
Applications were required to be submitted electronically through Grants.gov.
What was the application deadline?
The deadline was November 30, 2016, by 11:59:59 p.m. Eastern Time.
When did HUD expect to announce selections?
HUD indicated selections would be announced in January 2017.
How were communities chosen?
HUD planned to make selections competitively using the NOFA rating and ranking criteria to decide which communities would participate in the demonstration.
What is expected of communities around partnerships and coordination?
A central expectation is that communities bring the right partners to the table and align their housing and service systems into a coordinated response. The intent is cross-system coordination that reflects how youth actually encounter public systems and community supports.
Are youth required to be involved in planning and decision-making?
Yes. The community represented by the CoC Collaborative Applicant must have a youth advisory board, and HUD emphasized meaningful inclusion of youth voices to ensure the response reflects real youth experience.
Is child welfare involvement required?
Yes. The community must include the local or state public child welfare agency as a partner.
What other stakeholders were highlighted as important partners?
HUD described the need to connect with systems that directly affect young people, including those who may be in or exiting foster care, involved with juvenile justice, or interacting with schools, healthcare, and other supports.
Which youth subgroups did HUD emphasize communities must understand?
HUD emphasized understanding distinct subgroups of unaccompanied youth experiencing homelessness, including pregnant and parenting youth, LGBTQ youth, and minors, because these groups can face different safety risks, barriers to services, and housing needs.
What happens after a community is selected into YHDP?
Selected communities develop and implement a Coordinated Community Plan to prevent and end youth homelessness, and then pursue project funding under the demonstration structure described in the NOFA.
How was YHDP funding structured?
Funding was structured in two stages: (1) HUD selects the communities; then (2) selected communities apply for project funding on a rolling basis through HUD's e-snaps system beginning in early 2017.
What is the potential size of an award for a community?
Individual community award amounts could range from $1 million to $15 million, depending on the community's youth population size and poverty rate.
What was the total amount available for the demonstration?
The total demonstration amount was up to $33 million.
How long are YHDP project grant terms?
Projects would generally have a 2-year grant term.
Can YHDP-funded projects be renewed?
Yes. Projects would be eligible for renewal under the CoC Program as long as they meet the statutory requirements that apply to CoC-funded projects.
What kinds of projects could YHDP fund?
YHDP funding could support the full range of project types allowed under the CoC Program for homeless and at-risk youth, and it also encouraged innovation.
Does YHDP support innovative approaches that do not fit standard program rules?
Yes. HUD signaled that some innovative project models might require waivers of certain CoC Program requirements, consistent with the demonstration's purpose of testing approaches that may not fit neatly into standard rules.
Do selected communities receive support beyond funding?
Yes. Selected communities would receive a dedicated team of technical assistance providers to help design and implement the Coordinated Community Plan.
Is there an evaluation component?
Yes. Participating communities would take part in an evaluation intended to generate lessons for national policy and future investments in youth homelessness solutions.
How does YHDP relate to broader federal homelessness strategy?
The NOFA's policy rationale ties to the federal government's broader homelessness strategy and builds on the USICH Opening Doors plan, which identified youth as a special population and set a goal of preventing and ending youth homelessness by 2020.
What does HUD mean by a "system-level" or "crisis response system" approach?
In this context, it means operating as a coordinated community system rather than separate programs: assessing needs and assets at the system level, using data to plan and allocate resources, strengthening prevention and diversion, and coordinating outreach, housing, and services so youth are identified quickly and connected to safe, stable housing with appropriate supports.
What is the overall model of YHDP as described in the NOFA?
YHDP is best understood as a place-based demonstration: HUD funds a small set of communities, requires deep cross-system coordination and youth partnership, supports implementation with technical assistance, and evaluates outcomes to understand what a comprehensive community response should look like at scale.
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