FY26 Renewal: Youth Crisis Housing Advocacy

The Department of Children and Family Services is seeking applications for the FY26 Renewal: Youth Crisis Housing Advocacy program. The program aims to provide services to help children and youth in care achieve success through interventions, direct services, and advocacy. Examples of services include individual/group/family counseling, parent involvement/family engagement programs, linkages and referrals, home visiting, and cultural/educational/extracurricular activity opportunities. The grant award is $440,196.00, and the funding sources are federal and state. The grant awards will be subject to state statutory requirements that limit administrative costs to 20%, and fringe benefits cannot exceed 25% of total salaries. • The program will provide services to children and youth in residential treatment centers, group homes, and independent living. • The program will provide community-based providers to administer housing and cash assistance programs for young adults experiencing difficulty with independent living. • The program will provide services such as evaluation of client's emergency and long-term housing and subsistence needs, housing action plan development, consumer education, housing counseling, tenant education, budgeting, and financial counseling. • The program will provide income assistance to eligible participants.