The Primary Prevention Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program
Status: Open
Posted date: April 28, 2026
Opportunity ID: 362099
Opportunity number: HHS-2026-ACF-ACYF-YY-0119
Opportunity category: Discretionary
Agency name: Administration for Children & Families - ACYF/FYSB
Agency code: HHS-ACF-FYSB
Award floor: $350,000
Award ceiling: $500,000
Cost sharing required: Yes
Funding Instrument Types
- Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity
- Income Security and Social Services
Eligible Applicants
- City or township governments
- County governments
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Special district governments
- State governments
Categories (use these for quoted searches)
- agency_code:hhs_acf_fysb
- category_of_funding_activity:income_security_and_social_services
- cost_sharing_or_matching_requirement:true
- eligible_applicants:city_or_township_governments
- eligible_applicants:county_governments
- eligible_applicants:independent_school_districts
- eligible_applicants:native_american_tribal_governments_federally_recognized
- eligible_applicants:public_and_state_controlled_institutions_of_higher_education
- eligible_applicants:special_district_governments
- eligible_applicants:state_governments
- funding_instrument_type:cooperative_agreement
- opportunity_category:discretionary
- status:open
The Primary Prevention Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program provides funding to identify and implement strategies and services for youth and young adults between ages 12 and 26 in order to prevent homelessness, including strategies designed to serve youth and young adult populations with a high likelihood of experiencing homelessness, housing instability, particularly among youth at risk of human trafficking; struggling with substance abuse or mental health concerns; or transitioning out of foster care, the juvenile justice system, or a residential behavioral health system. Primary prevention efforts should focus on reasons youth become homeless, such as a lack of affordable housing, poverty, and family dynamics.Grant recipients must also work with youth who have experienced homelessness, are self-sufficient, and can assist with helping design and implement their projects. This includes establishing local youth advisory boards. In addition, grant recipients awarded under this funding opportunity must participate in a federally sponsored evaluation.