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This infographic shows the timeline of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act from its creation in 1974 through its 50^th anniversary in 2024.

The Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) Program announced the recipients of Maternity Group Homes for Pregnant and Parenting Youth (MGH) Program grant funding for FY2024. MGH funding helps community-based organizations meet the needs of homeless pregnant and parenting young people, ages 16 up to 22, as well as their dependent children, by providing transitional living services and teaching parenting skills, child development, family budgeting, and health and nutrition.

The Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) Program announced the recipients of Prevention Demonstration Program (PDP) grant funding for FY2024. PDP funding supports the design and delivery of community-based demonstration initiatives to prevent youth from experiencing homelessness. 

The Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) program awarded Transitional Living Program (TLP) grants for FY2024. TLP funding supports long-term residential services to older homeless youth, ages 16 to 22.

The Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) Program announced the recipients of Street Outreach Program (SOP) grant funding for FY2024. SOP funding supports programs that work with runaway and homeless youth to help them find housing and services and that aim to prevent exploitation and abuse of street youth.

The Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) Program announced the recipients of Basic Center Program (BCP) grant funding for FY2024. BCP funding helps community-based organizations meet runaway and homeless youths' immediate needs with temporary shelter, counseling, crisis intervention, and aftercare services.

This report documents that FYSB’s longtime commitment to combating youth homelessness worked to create a range of services available to young people across the Nation, so that they had somewhere to turn in fiscal years (FYs) 2012 and 2013. 
 

Additionally, as required by the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, this report outlines “the status, activities, and accomplishments of entities that receive grants under parts A, B, C, D, and E,” in FY12 and FY13. The report also includes information about the monitoring of grantees, as required by Section 386 of the Act.

This report documents that FYSB’s longtime commitment to combating youth homelessness worked to create a range of services available to young people across the Nation, so that they had somewhere to turn in fiscal years (FYs) 2010 and 2011. 

Additionally, as required by the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, this report outlines “the status, activities, and accomplishments of entities that receive grants under parts A, B, C, D, and E,” in FY10 and FY11. The report also includes information about the monitoring of grantees, as required by Section 386 of the Act.

This report provides information on FYSB’s runaway and homeless youth programs in FYs 2008 and 2009. Part I describes the three runaway and homeless youth grant programs in greater detail and provides statistical information on the youth served by the programs in FYs 2008 and 2009, the services they received, and their outcomes. Part II details activities of the network of support created to help grantees provide the best service possible. Part III reports on research and evaluation efforts over the past two years.

In FYs 2004 and 2005, FYSB continued to both administer its RHY programs and enhance their effectiveness through related initiatives that promoted Positive Youth Development. In all its grant programs, outreach, and collaborations, FYSB has used the Positive Youth Development approach to foster improved support systems for youth and families.