The FY 2023 “Runaway and Homeless Youth – Prevention Demonstration Program” (RHY-PDP) has several notable elements that should interest grant writers as well as potential nonprofit applicants: $2 million is available for ten grants of up to $200,000 annually for some number of years. The FY ’23 “Runaway and Homeless Youth – Prevention Demonstration Program” (RHY-PDP) application was due in June 20, but, if you’re thinking of applying in the future, now is the time to act.
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The RHY-PDP program offers funding that will help precariously housed runaway and homeless youth find and maintain long-term housing solutions, while assisting those recently homeless with finding long-term and stable housing. Like many coordination programs, RHY-PDP appears not to offer much funding for the direct provision of housing—in other words, it doesn’t appear to offer funding for the most-needed services—but it still offers useful money for organizations looking to bolster their overall homelessness services portfolio. Many organizations will quietly reassign staff persons to different grants depending on which grants the organization has at a given time. RHY-PDP can be part of that effort. There are only 10 grants available: that may dissuade some nonprofits from competing, but it shouldn’t, because all of the usual suspects may also be dissuaded. Victory goes to those who try.