FY 2024 Basic Center Program | HHS 2024 ACF ACYF CY 0133

Opportunity Information: Apply for HHS 2024 ACF ACYF CY 0133

The FY 2024 Basic Center Program (BCP) is a discretionary federal grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), specifically within the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) and the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB). Its purpose is to support community-based programs that provide immediate, short-term shelter and supportive services for runaway and homeless youth under age 18. The program is aimed at young people who have left home without parental or guardian permission, have been forced to leave, or are otherwise experiencing homelessness and are at risk of entering or cycling through law enforcement, child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems. In practice, BCP funding is meant to stabilize youth in crisis quickly, reduce harm, and connect them to safer longer-term family or placement options.

BCP-funded projects provide core, basic-needs and crisis-response services. At the center of the model is emergency shelter for up to 21 days, along with food, clothing, counseling, and referrals for health care. Programs are expected to respond to the immediate safety and well-being needs of youth while also addressing the underlying circumstances that led to the separation from home. A key goal is family reunification whenever it is safe and appropriate to do so; when reunification is not possible, BCP providers help locate and connect youth to appropriate alternative placements and ongoing supports. The emphasis is on early intervention, de-escalation of crisis situations, and preventing deeper system involvement.

Beyond the core shelter and counseling functions, the opportunity allows for additional supportive services that strengthen prevention and engagement. These optional or supplemental services may include street-based services to reach youth who are not yet connected to shelter or formal supports, and home-based services for families with youth who are at risk of separating from the household. The program also allows drug abuse education and prevention activities, and, when requested by runaway and homeless youth, testing for sexually transmitted diseases. Taken together, these services reflect a comprehensive approach: meeting urgent needs while also supporting health, safety, and longer-term stability.

Eligibility is broad across government and nonprofit sectors, but it is clearly restricted to public and nonprofit entities. Eligible applicants include state, county, and city or township governments; special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments); and nonprofit organizations both with and without 501(c)(3) status (with the note that private institutions of higher education must be nonprofit). Coordinated networks of eligible entities may also apply. For-profit organizations are explicitly not eligible. Applications from individuals, including sole proprietorships, are not eligible and will be disqualified, and foreign entities are also not eligible.

In awarding grants, the agency indicates a preference in its selection process for public and nonprofit private agencies that already have experience providing services to runaway, homeless, and street youth. In other words, demonstrated organizational capacity and relevant service history are positioned as competitive strengths. Faith-based and community organizations are eligible as long as they meet the standard eligibility requirements. The announcement also clarifies that faith-based organizations may apply on the same basis as any other organization, and that ACF will not discriminate in selection based on religious character, affiliation, or exercise, consistent with applicable federal protections and requirements (including 45 CFR Part 87 and referenced statutory provisions).

Key administrative details include the funding opportunity title "FY 2024 Basic Center Program" and funding opportunity number HHS-2024-ACF-ACYF-CY-0133. The assistance listing/CFDA number is 93.623, and the activity category is Income Security and Social Services. The funding instrument type is a grant. The original application closing date listed is 2024-06-07. The award ceiling is $250,000, and the opportunity anticipates approximately 72 awards. The opportunity record shows a creation date of 2024-04-04.

• The Administration for Children Families - ACYF/FYSB in the income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2024 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 2024-04-04.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2024-06-07. (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 $250,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 72 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, Others.

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