Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program

 

The program is designed to promote a community-wide commitment to the goal of ending youth homelessness; provide funding for 10 communities (of which 4 will be rural communities). The program provides funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, States, and local governments to quickly re-house homeless unaccompanied youth. The program promotes access and effective utilization of mainstream programs and optimizes self-sufficiency among youth experiencing homelessness. Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program funds may be used to pay for the eligible costs used to establish and operate projects under five program components: permanent housing, transitional housing, supportive services only, Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS), and homelessness prevention.

Active 14.276 Assistant Secretary For Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development B - Project Grants; C - Direct Payments For Specified Use Not applicable. McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11381-11389, Title IV, Subtitle C, as amended.) Homeless unaccompanied youth (age 24 and younger) and homeless youth (age 24 and younger) with children. Homeless unaccompanied youth (age 24 and younger) and homeless youth (age 24 and younger) with children. Private nonprofit status is documented by submitting either (1) a copy of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ruling providing tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code; or (2) documentation showing that the entity is a certified United Way agency, or (3) a certification from a licensed CPA that no part of the net earnings of the organization insures to the benefit of any member, founder, contributor, or individual; that the organization has a voluntary board; that the organization practices nondiscrimination in the provision of assistance and that the organization has a functioning accounting system. In addition, governmental entities and public housing agencies will certify to their eligibility. 2 CFR part 200 applies to this program. Preapplication coordination is required. An environmental impact assessment is required for this listing. Preapplication coordination is required. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. OMB Circular No. A-102 applies to this program. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. In accordance with criteria established in the NOFA, applicants must complete their application in a two-step process. The first step is the selection process; which chooses the 10 communities that are eligible to apply for projects under the program. The second step is application for project funding. Any proposed project under this program must be consistent with the applicable HUD-approved Consolidated Plan and must be permissible under applicable zoning ordinances and regulations. HUD reviews applications, rates, and ranks those meeting threshold requirements. HUD will select communities to participate in the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program based on the most highly ranked applications, in accordance with the NOFA. Selected communities will then be able to apply for projects directly, up to an amount equal to their formula-based allocation. Contact the headquarters or regional location, as appropriate for application deadlines Processing of applications and selection of successful applicants will take place at HUD. HUD Headquarters will make selection and obligate funds as soon as applications can be processed. Applicants may appeal the results of HUD's review and selection process if they believe a HUD error has occurred. Appeals must be in writing to the Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, must specify the error, and provide sufficient documentation. Project renewals are allowed under the CoC program competition. See the subsequent CoC Competition Notice of Funding Availabilities for more information. Criteria for selecting applications for assistance are defined in a Notice of Funding Availability in the Federal Register and at www.hudexchange.info/programs/yhdp Eleven types of assistance may be provided through the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program: (1) acquisition of real property (including structures) for use in the provision of housing or supportive services; (2) rehabilitation of structures to provide housing or supportive services; (3) new construction, including the building of a new structure or building an addition to an existing structure for use as supportive housing; (4) leasing of a new structure or structures, or portions thereof, to provide housing or supportive services; (5) rental assistance, which may be short-term, medium-term, or long-term, as well as tenant-based, project-based, or sponsor-based, for transitional or permanent housing; (6) supportive services to assist program participants obtain and maintain housing; (7) operating costs of supportive housing; (8) costs of implementing and operating HMIS; (9) program administrative costs; (10) relocation costs; and (11) indirect costs in accordance with 2 CFR Part 200, as applicable. Not applicable. In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. The financial management systems used by governmental entities that are recipients under this program must provide for audits in accordance with 24 CFR 45 as applicable. Private nonprofit entity recipients and their subrecipients provide audits in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-133. HUD may perform further and additional audits as it finds necessary or appropriate. Each recipient must agree to participate in an evaluation of the program, and to keep any records and make any reports that HUD may require for the purpose of reporting to Congress on the cost of the program and the social, financial, and other advantages of Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program activities as a means of assisting homeless persons and those at-risk of becoming homeless. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching is voluntary. 25%. Matching Requirements: 25 percent. The recipient and subrecipient must match all grant funds, except for leasing funds, with no less than 25 percent of cash funds or in-kind contributions from other sources. For Continuum of Care geographic areas in which there is more than one grant agreement, the 25 percent match must be provided on a grant-by-grant basis. Recipients that are UFAs or are the sole recipient for their Continuum may provide match on a Continuum-wide basis. This program does not have MOE requirements.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Initial grants are two-year grants. Recipients must spend money within two years of obligation. Funds must be obligated by September 30, 2019. Method of award/releasing assistance: letter. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Letter. Designated contact person in the HUD Field Offices with a Community Planning and Development Division. Lisa A. Hill
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Community Planning and Development; Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs, 451 7th Street, SW. Room 7256
Washington, DC 20410 US
Lisa.A.Hill@hud.gov
Phone: (202) 402-5183 http://www.hudexchange.info/programs/yhdp 86-0192-0-1-604 (Project Grants (Discretionary)) FY 18$80,000,000.00; FY 19 Estimate Not Available FY 20 Estimate Not Available FY 17$43,000,000.00; FY 16 est $0.00; - The allocation for selected communities ranges between $1 million and $15 million. The allocation is abased upon a formula that considers the number of youth in the community and the local poverty rate. 24 CFR Part 578, Continuum of Care Program, is published in the Federal Register Not applicable.