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Youth Homelessness NOFO for FY2024 and FY2025

ID: CPD-2600-DC-0035 • Type: Forecasted
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Description

1. NOFO Highlights

This NOFO will provide two separate sources of funding under two different programs-

  • YHSI grants (CFDA number 14.277)
  • YHDP (CFDA number 14.276)

Both sets of funds were appropriated by Congress 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. HUD will select approximately 50 communities for YHSI grants.

Under the YHDP, HUD will provide funding to communities to implement housing and services projects to demonstrate how a comprehensive approach to serving homeless youth, age 24 and under ... can dramatically reduce youth homelessness. HUD anticipates selecting between 26 and 50 communities, with a priority for communities with substantial rural populations in up to sixteen locations.

Separate from this NOFO, technical assistance will be available to assist selected communities implement and improve their YHSI and YHDP projects. HUD expects communities to fully participate in any evaluation activities conducted by HUD beginning no earlier than the award announcement.

Overview

Category of Funding
Community Development
Opportunity Zone Benefits
Funding Instruments
Grant
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
True
Source
On 4/22/26 the Department of Housing and Urban Development forecasted grant opportunity CPD-2600-DC-0035 for Youth Homelessness NOFO for FY2024 and FY2025 with funding of $197.0 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 14.276 Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program. It is expected that 76 total grants will be made worth between $500,000 and $15.0 million.

Timing

Forecast Posted Date
April 22, 2026, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Est. Application Posting Date
May 15, 2026, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Est. Synopsis Response Date
July 29, 2026, 12:00 a.m. EDT Forecasted
Last Updated
April 22, 2026, 7:13 a.m. EDT
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Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Special district governments
Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
County governments
State governments
City or township governments
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Additional Info
A faith-based organization may apply on the same basis as any other organization, subject to the requirements in 24 CFR 5.109, and receive the full protections for religion in Federal law, including the Free Speech and Free Exercise Clauses of the Constitution, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (42 U.S.C. § 2000bb-1), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-1(a), 2000e-2(e), and the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. § 12113(d)). HUD does not engage in any unlawful and improper conduct, policies, or practices that target faith-based organizations.An organization may seek a religious accommodation from any requirements of this program or other HUD requirement that substantially burden its religious exercise under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act or other applicable law, consistent with 24 CFR 5.109(c). If such an accommodation is requested, HUD will not deny the organization unless it determines that doing so is necessary to further a compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means of achieving that interest.Consistent with the above legal protections, faith-based organizations may also hire, fire, and make other employment decisions on the basis of their sincerely held religious beliefs, including requiring employees to adhere to religious tenets, practices, and standards of conduct, without jeopardizing their eligibility to receive HUD funds. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$15,000,000
Floor
$500,000
Estimated Program Funding
$197,000,000
Estimated Number of Grants
76

Contacts

Contact
Nili Soni
Contact Email
Email Description
Government email

Documents

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