Each year, thousands of U.S. youth run away from home, are asked to leave their homes or become homeless. Through the Runaway and Homeless Youth Program (RHY), FYSB supports street outreach, emergency shelters and longer-term transitional living and maternity group home programs to serve and protect these young people.
Through the Street Outreach Program (SOP), FYSB supports work with homeless, runaway and street youth to help them find stable housing and services. SOPs focus on developing relationships between outreach workers and young people that allow them to rebuild connections with caring adults. The ultimate goal is to prevent the sexual exploitation and abuse of youth on the streets.
Street outreach services include:
For more information, please see the Street Outreach Fact Sheet (PDF). To find SOP grantees, please visit the FYSB map.
The Basic Center Program (BCP) helps create and strengthen community-based programs that meet the immediate needs of runaway and homeless youth under 18 years old. In addition, BCP tries to reunite young people with their families or locate appropriate alternative placements.
BCP provides the following services:
Please see the Basic Center Program Fact Sheet (PDF) for more details. To find BCP grantees, please visit the FYSB map.
Our Transitional Living Program (TLP) for Older Homeless Youth supports projects that provide long-term residential services to homeless youth. Young people must be between 16 and less than 22 years of age to enter the program .
Living accommodations may include:
TLPs offer or refer for the following services:
For more information, please see the Transitional Living Program Fact Sheet (PDF). To find TLP grantees, please visit the FYSB map.
The Maternity Group Homes for Pregnant and Parenting Youth (MGH) Program supports homeless pregnant and/or parenting young people, as well as their dependent children. Youth must be between 16 and less than 22 years of age to enter the program .
In addition to standard TLP services, MGH programs offer an array of comprehensive services to teach:
MGH projects incorporate the principles of Positive Youth Development and administer services such as:
For more information, please see the Maternity Group Home Fact Sheet (PDF). To find MGH grantees, please visit the FYSB map.
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offers a crisis hotline and online services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to youth at risk of running away, those who have run away or are homeless, and their families. NRS helps in the following ways:
(RHYTTAC) assists FYSB grantee agencies in:
Through the center, FYSB tracks trends in youth and family issues, identifies and shares best practices, sponsors conferences and workshops, and provides direct T/TA.
The RHY Prevention Demonstration Program (RHY-PDP) supports the design and delivery of community-based demonstration initiatives to prevent youth from experiencing homelessness. Through the development and coordination of partnerships with youth and young adult service providers, community organizations, and private and public agencies, the RHY-PDP will 1) identify young people at risk of experiencing homelessness; 2) design and develop a comprehensive community-based prevention plan to prevent youth homelessness; and 3) implement robust, holistic prevention services tailored for youth and young adults to respond to the diverse needs of youth who are at risk of homelessness and their families.
FY 2023 PDP Grantee Prevention Plans
The FY 2020 Coronavirus Supplemental Funding provides one-time funding to support ACF recipients/grantees funded under the CARES Act in preventing, preparing for, and responding to COVID-19. This information sheet provides guidance on reporting required of grantees as recipients of this funding.
This brief document provides guidance for RHY-funded grantees that includes a list of activities and examples of purchases that may support efforts to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19.
Based on the administrative relief guidance provided by OMB and ACF for recipients and applicants of federal financial assistance directly impacted by COVID-19, FYSB developed these FAQs for Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) grantees seeking additional information on flexibilities available specific to the administration of grants funded under the RHY program.
This fact sheet provides information about the Family and Youth Services Bureau's Runaway and Homeless Youth Program.
Learn how young people are exploited and trafficked, and how youth and family services providers can help them.
The Department of Education recently issued a letter that addresses the new foster care provisions of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) which go into effect on December 10, 2016.
The Department of Education collaborates with FYSB's Runaway and Homeless Youth Program to create opportunities for young people.
