Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program Community Selection Announcement

Earlier today, HUD announced the selection of 10 communities to participate in the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP), a multiyear effort that will help these communities build systems intended to end youth homelessness. HUD released a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) on August 22, 2016, and 130 communities submitted applications by the November 30 deadline.

The YHDP was developed with the help of many recommendations from youth who had experienced homelessness. Young people also conducted much of the assessment of applications and will help guide the technical assistance provided to communities. Their involvement profoundly shaped the demonstration, and we are very grateful for their help.

The application process was challenging and designed to help communities analyze their current response to youth homelessness, assess their commitment to innovation, and build new and stronger relationships with local stakeholders. HUD was limited to selecting ten communities, so the standards for being selected were extremely high. As a result, many applications that scored very well were not selected. We commend all communities who applied and are committed to supporting them regardless of whether they were selected. We hope the application process will help generate momentum that will benefit their work on ending youth homelessness.

We will share insights from this demonstration as soon as they are available, and will evaluate the program to identify and disseminate lessons learned. The experience of the selected communities will also shape future policy as we work to prevent and end youth homelessness as effectively and efficiently as possible.

Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program Selected Sites

CoC	Rural or Urban	Applicant Name	Funding Amount
AK-500: Anchorage	Rural	Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness	$1.5 Million
CA-501: San Francisco	Urban	Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing	$2.9 Million
CA-508: Watsonville/Santa Cruz City and County	Urban	County of Santa Cruz Planning Department	$2.2 Million
CT-505: Connecticut BOS	Urban	Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services	$6.6 Million
KY-500: Kentucky BOS	Rural	Kentucky Housing Corporation	$1.9 Million
MI-512: Grand Traverse, Antrim, Leelanau Counties	Rural	Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency, INC	$1.3 Million
OH-500: Cincinnati/Hamilton County	Urban	Strategies to End Homelessness, Inc	$3.8 Million
OH-507: Ohio BOS	Rural	State of Ohio	$2.2 Million
TX-503: Austin/Travis County	Urban	Ending Community Homelessness Coalition, Inc	$5.2 Million
WA-500: Seattle/King County	Urban	King County Department of Community and Human Services	$5.4 Million

For YHDP updates, visit the YHDP website. For guidebooks and resources concerning how to develop and implement your coordinated community response to youth homelessness, visit the Resources for Homeless Youth Service Providers page.

If you have questions or require more specific information, please submit a question to the e-snaps HUD Exchange Ask A Question (AAQ) portal or contact your local HUD CPD field office.

To submit a question related to the YHDP, please submit your questions to the CoC Program AAQ portal. To submit a question to the CoC Program AAQ portal, select “CoC Program” from the “My question is related to” drop down list on Step 2 of the question submission process.