Funding & Event Highlights for Youth Service Providers
Funding Opportunities
Family and Youth Services Bureau's Primary Prevention Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program
The Primary Prevention Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program provides funding to identify and implement strategies and services for youth and young adults between ages 12 and 26 in order to prevent homelessness, including strategies designed to serve youth and young adult populations with a high likelihood of experiencing homelessness, housing instability, particularly among youth at risk of human trafficking; struggling with substance abuse or mental health concerns; or transitioning out of foster care, the juvenile justice system, or a residential behavioral health system. Primary prevention efforts should focus on reasons youth become homeless, such as a lack of affordable housing, poverty, and family dynamics.Grant recipients must also work with youth who have experienced homelessness, are self-sufficient, and can assist with helping design and implement their projects. This includes establishing local youth advisory boards. In addition, grant recipients awarded under this funding opportunity must participate in a federally sponsored evaluation.
Deadline: Grants.gov deadline Aug 17, 2026
Family and Youth Services Bureau's Basic Center Program (BCP)
The Basic Center Program (BCP) provides temporary, emergency shelter; and counseling services to youth who have left home without permission of their parents or guardians, have been forced to leave home, or other homeless youth who might otherwise end up in the law enforcement or in the child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems. BCPs work to establish or strengthen community-based programs that meet the immediate needs of runaway and homeless youth and their families. BCPs provide youth under 18 years of age with food, clothing, counseling and referrals for health care. BCPs can provide up to 21 days of shelter for youth and seeks to reunite young people with their families, whenever possible, or to locate appropriate alternative placements.
Deadline: Grants.gov deadline Aug 17, 2026
Family and Youth Services Bureau's Street Outreach Program (SOP)
The Street Outreach Program (SOP) provides street-based services to runaway, homeless, and street youth who have been subjected to, or are at risk of being subjected to, sexual abuse, prostitution, sexual exploitation, and severe forms of human trafficking in persons. These services, targeted in areas where street youth congregate, are designed to assist such youth in making healthy choices and providing them access to shelter or stable housing, as well as basic needs, including food, hygiene packages, and information on a range of available services.
Deadline: Grants.gov deadline Aug 17, 2026
Department of Housing and Urban Development's Youth Homelessess NOFO FY2024 and FY2025
Congress appropriated funds for YHSI and YHDP "to demonstrate how a comprehensive approach to serving homeless youth, age 24 and under ... can dramatically reduce youth homelessness." This includes a variety of approaches, eligible activities, and projects that address not only housing needs, but also needs for services related to chronic physical health or mental health conditions, substance use disorders, domestic violence or childhood abuse and barriers to employment. Under the YHSI grants, HUD will make awards to selected communities to support them in establishing and implementing a response system for youth homelessness or for improving their existing response system. Under the YHDP, HUD will provide funding to communities to implement housing and services projects. Communities may apply for YHSI, YHDP, or both. YHSI funds system-level work including planning, coordination, and capacity-building, while YHDP funds direct housing and services for homeless youth. Applicants pursuing both funding streams should be prepared to build system infrastructure and implement housing projects concurrently.
Deadline: August 10, 2026
Department of Housing and Urban Development's FY 2026 Continuum of Care Competition and Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program Grants
This Program is designed to promote a community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, States, Indian Tribes or Tribally Designated Housing Entities, and local governments to quickly rehouse individuals and families experiencing homelessness, persons experiencing trauma or a lack of safety related to, or fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and youth experiencing homelessness while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused by homelessness;promote access to, and effective utilization of, mainstream programs and programs funded with State or local resources; and optimize self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness.The goal of the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) is to support the development and implementation of a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness and sharing that experience with and mobilizing communities around the country toward the same end. The population to be served by the demonstration program is youth ages 24 and younger who are experiencing homelessness, including unaccompanied and pregnant or parenting youth.
Deadline: August 26, 2026
Office on Violence Against Women's Consolidated Grant Program to Assist Children and Youth Affected by and to Engage Men and Youth in Preventing Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking
This program supports community-based efforts to develop or expand prevention, intervention, treatment, and response strategies addressing the needs of children and youth (ages 0-24) affected by domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking. It also supports work with men and youth to prevent those crimes. Funds must be used for one or more of the following purposes:
- Provide services to advocate for and respond to youth who are victims of domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking.
- Provide assistance to children and youth exposed to such violence.
- Provide assistance to middle and high school students through education and other services related to such violence.
- Provide programs to engage men and youth in preventing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Deadline: Grants.gov deadline September 8, 2026; JustGrants deadline September 10, 2026
Free Webinars and Trainings
Inside the 2026 State of Workforce Mental Health Report
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National Guideline Standards for Tutor Apprenticeships Launch and Implementation
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August 12, 2026
Understanding and Implementing School Selection Under the McKinney-Vento Act Webinar
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August 19, 2026
Speaking to Legislators 101: How to Tell Your Story to Legislators and Their Staff
National Youth Employment Coalition
August 27, 2026
Top Employment & Personnel Policies for Nonprofit Employers - Live Q&A
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September 24, 2026
Upcoming Events
National Independent Living Conference
Daniel
August 18-21, 2026
Reston, VA
Bridging Practice to Policy
National Youth Employment Coalition
September 21-23, 2026
Washington, D.C.
National Symposium on Juvenile Services
The National Partnership for Juvenile Services
September 30-October 2, 2026
Seattle, WA
Partnership for Student Success Summit
Partnership for Student Success
October 6, 2026
Washington, DC
2026 National Symposium on Solutions to End Youth Homelessness
Point Source Youth
October 14-15, 2026
Baltimore, MD
National Mentoring Summit
MENTOR
January 28-29, 2027
Washington, DC
Generations United Global Conference
Generations United
July 21-23, 2027
Arlington, VA