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County to apply for Justice Youth Hub funding; state changes to runaway/homeless youth grants raise local concerns
Summary
County staff said they will apply to a federal Justice Youth Hubs opportunity that could bring up to $1 million per hub; the county’s youth services director also warned of recent federal changes to the Runaway and Homeless Youth grant program that shorten application windows and add new requirements.
County staff told the Health and Human Services Committee on July 16 that they are preparing an application for federal Transformational Youth Hub funding and raised concerns about recent federal changes to grants serving runaway and homeless youth (RHY).
Kate Shanks Booth (staff member) said the state intends to award four $1 million grants over three years to support youth hub work and that the county is preparing the required RFA responses with Southside as the proposed lead agency. The RFA response requires answers to eight planning questions;…
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