Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2017 ACF ACYF CY 1239
The Basic Center Program (BCP) is a discretionary federal grant opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), specifically the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) and its Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB). It sits within FYSB's Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) program portfolio, which focuses on preventing and responding to youth homelessness and related crises. In practical terms, this funding is meant to strengthen local and community-based responses so that vulnerable young people have somewhere safe to go and someone qualified to help them stabilize, rather than ending up pulled into law enforcement, child welfare, mental health crisis systems, or juvenile justice settings simply because they have no safe housing options.
The core purpose of the BCP is to provide temporary shelter and counseling services for youth who are in immediate housing crisis. This includes young people who left home without permission of their parents or guardians, those who were forced to leave, and other youth experiencing homelessness who are at risk of cycling into emergency systems. The program is designed around short-term, crisis-oriented intervention: a safe place to stay, supportive counseling, and structured help to address the circumstances that led to the runaway or homeless episode. The overall emphasis is on safety, immediate stabilization, and connecting youth to appropriate longer-term supports so the crisis does not repeat.
This opportunity was issued under Funding Opportunity Title "Basic Center Program" with Funding Opportunity Number HHS-2017-ACF-ACYF-CY-1239. The funding instrument is a grant, and the funding activity category is Income Security and Social Services under CFDA number 93.623. The announcement was created on May 25, 2017, with an original closing date of July 14, 2017. Applications were required to be submitted electronically by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date, which is a typical federal submission rule that matters for applicants planning internal reviews and final upload timelines.
In terms of funding scale and competitiveness, the award ceiling listed for this opportunity is $200,000 per award, and the agency anticipated making about 91 awards. That combination suggests an effort to support a broad national network of local providers and communities, rather than concentrating funds into a small number of large projects. While the detailed program rules and performance expectations are not included in the excerpt provided, the description makes clear that the money is intended to fund direct service capacity for emergency shelter and counseling for runaway and homeless youth, with the broader goal of preventing deeper system involvement and improving youth outcomes.
Eligibility is broad and includes many types of public and nonprofit entities that commonly operate youth services or partner in local homelessness response systems. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; Native American tribal governments (federally recognized); Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments); public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities; nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education institutions); nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education institutions); and other entities as further clarified in the full notice under an additional eligibility section. This wide eligibility range signals that the program expects communities to organize solutions through the entities best positioned locally, whether that is a nonprofit youth shelter provider, a tribal organization, a local government agency, or a housing or education partner.
Overall, the BCP grant opportunity is aimed at supporting community-based, front-line services that keep runaway and homeless youth safe in the short term and help them access counseling and supports that reduce the likelihood of continued homelessness or escalation into public systems. The managing agency is HHS/ACF under ACYF/FYSB, and the opportunity is framed as part of a larger federal strategy to address youth homelessness and associated challenges facing vulnerable adolescents and young adults.Apply for HHS 2017 ACF ACYF CY 1239
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children Families - ACYF/FYSB in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Basic Center Program" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.623.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 25, 2017.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jul 14, 2017 Electronically submitted applications must be submitted no later than 1159 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 $200,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 91 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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