Youth Homeless Demonstration Program for Fiscal Year 2024
Grant Opportunity Analysis
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is offering the Youth Homeless Demonstration Program (YHDP) for Fiscal Year 2024, aimed at allocating approximately $72 million to support communities in effectively addressing youth homelessness. The program seeks to select between 12 and 25 communities, particularly those with significant rural populations, to develop and implement a Coordinated Community Plan (CCP) and a Continuous Quality Improvement Plan (CQIP) that will enhance strategies for preventing and ending youth homelessness among individuals aged 24 and under, including unaccompanied and parenting youth. Eligible applicants must be designated Collaborative Applicants within their Continuum of Care (CoC) and are required to meet specific criteria, including cost-sharing provisions. Interested parties should note that applications must be submitted electronically by April 17, 2025, and can reach out to Nili Soni at youthdemo@hud.gov for further information.
Eligible Applicants
(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 III of this NOFOEligible Program Participants.Funds awarded under the YHDP must only be used to serve:a. Youth, as defined in Appendix II, 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 III. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.