Permanent Connections

The Family and Youth Services Bureau's Street Outreach Program funds organizations that provide 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 or sexual exploitation. These services, which are provided in areas where street youth congregate, are designed to assist youth in making healthy...
NCFY's new video series features seven youth workers from around the country, each sharing a time when they made a big difference in a young person's life.
The Children's Bureau will award targeted five-year grants to support the development or expansion of triage procedures for families who come to the attention of the child welfare system due to severe housing issues and high service needs. Funded programs will provide supportive housing services that integrate community services, case management services for children and parents, trauma-...
The Family and Youth Services Bureau will fund a national training and technical assistance center that aims to enhance and promote the continuous evidence-based quality improvement of services with a focus on the social and emotional well being of children, youth and families served by FYSB-funded runaway and homeless youth programs. Full funding opportunity announcement (PDF, 342 KB).
Q: I run a shelter for homeless teens. I’m thinking about moving to a “low-barrier” approach to working with youth, meaning that we won’t turn young people away because they’ve been drinking or using drugs. How can I get staff to buy into this change? A: Ingrained in every good youth worker is the idea of “meeting young people where they’re at.” So...
The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness meeting on June 12, 2012, at 1:30 Eastern will be streamed live. At the meeting, Administration on Children, Youth and Families Commissioner Bryan Samuels will present the proposed framework to end youth homelessness to the council and all those viewing the webcast.
This funding opportunity is open to projects that demonstrate: (1) The effectiveness of integrated programs of intensive family-finding activities and family group decision-making meetings in supporting connections with family members for the target population of children or youth; and (2) how family members will be engaged in building their capacity to meet the needs of children and youth in...
Based on years of work with runaway and homeless youth and the best emerging evidence about what youth need to succeed, the Family and Youth Services Bureau believes the most crucial outcomes for runaway and homeless youth include well-being, permanent connections, safety and
The Administration on Children, Youth, and Families' Family Connection Grants promote kinship navigator programs that connect kinship caregiver families with social services. Demonstration sites supported by the grants will seek effective ways for child welfare and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families agencies to collaborate to meet the needs of the children, youth and families. See full...
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