Federal grant programs / Department of Health and Human Services

Education and Prevention Grants to Reduce Sexual Abuse of Runaway, Homeless and Street Youth (93.557)

Also known as Street Outreach Program

• Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$80.5 million
• Grant awards260
• Typical award$300,000
• Awarded in FY 2025$10.3 million
• Size rank867 of 1,823
• Type of assistanceProject grants

Key findings

• Annual funding fell from $18.3 million in fiscal 2021 to $10.3 million in fiscal 2025.
• It is the 867th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
• The 20 largest recipients received 25% of the money.
• Awards went to recipients in 42 states and territories.

What the program funds

The Service Connection for Youth on the Streets, also referred to as the Street Outreach Program (SOP), makes funding available to nonprofit agencies for the purpose of providing 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, sexual exploitation, and severe form of trafficking in persons.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Who can apply

Public (state and local) and private non-profit entities (including faith-based and community organizations) and coordinated networks of such entities, are eligible to apply for a RHY Program award unless they are part of the juvenile justice system. For-profit organizations are not eligible. Private institutions of higher education must be non-profit entities. In selecting applications to receive awards under the SOP, priority will be given to public and non-profit private agencies that have experience in providing services to runaway, homeless, and street youth. Applications from individuals (including sole proprietorships) and foreign entities are not eligible. Faith-based and community organizations that meet the eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards.

What the money can and cannot pay for

The SOP provides outreach to runaway and homeless youth on the streets or in areas that increase the risk of sexual exploitation and human trafficking, the goal being to help young people get off the streets and into safe settings. The program also provides education and prevention services, directly or through collaboration with other agencies, to runaway, homeless and street youth that have been subjected to or are at risk of sexual exploitation or abuse. Awards will not allow reimbursement of pre-award costs. Construction is not an allowable activity or expenditure under this award. Costs for renovation of existing structures are authorized but may not exceed 15 percent of the award amount. Costs for acquisition is not allowable by statute. Applicants are advised that no funds may be used for any program of distributing sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug. Prospective recipients are advised that entities receiving SOP funds and operating a program to distribute sterile needles or syringes for hypodermic injections of illegal drugs must account for all funds used for such programs separately from any expenditure of SOP grant funds. HHS funds may not be spent for an abortion. See section 506(a) of title V, div. H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L.116-260). The prohibition on using HHS funds for abortion has an exception for cases of rape, incest, or danger of death to the pregnant woman.

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Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching Requirements: Recipients must provide a nonfederal share or match of at least 10 percent of the Federal funds awarded pursuant to 34 U.S.C. 11274 . The nonfederal share may be met by cash or in-kind contributions.MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Deadlines

See the Notice of Funding Opportunity for application deadlines.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

In Fiscal Year 2023 the range of awards was $90,000 to $150,000 per budget period; the average award was $147,221.

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Who usually wins

Almost all of the money went to nonprofits.

By state

27 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.