Funding & Event Highlights for Youth Service Providers
Funding Opportunities
Office on Violence Against Women's Grants to Support Families in the Justice System (Justice for Families) Program
The Justice for Families program supports activities to improve the response of the civil and criminal justice system to families with a history of domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, or in cases involving child sexual abuse. Activities should improve the capacity of courts and communities to respond to families through court-based and court-related programs; supervised visitation and safe exchange of children and youth by and between parents; training for people who work with families in the court system; and civil legal assistance and advocacy services to victims and nonoffending parents.
Deadline: Grants.gov deadline July 16, 2026; JustGrants deadline July 21, 2026
Launch's Accelerator Program for Advancing Innovations in Adolescent Health
Launch is an accelerator program that supports innovators who are building solutions to improve health outcomes for young people. By providing training, coaching, funding, and access to subject matter experts, the Launch accelerator enables innovators to rapidly test and iterate on their solutions. Launch operates with a hybrid model, with in-person training and pitch days paired with remote coaching, training, and cohort connection events. Apply to join Cohort 4!
Deadline: July 22, 2026
Office on Violence Against Women's Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Grant Program (Rural Grant Program)
The Rural Grant Program helps states and territories, Indian Tribes, local governments, and nonprofits to enhance safety and justice for child, youth, and adult victims in rural communities. It funds victim services (such as advocacy, legal assistance, and shelter), investigation, prosecution, adjudication, parole and probation, and other ways of addressing domestic and sexual violence. These grants are meant to encourage collaboration, establish and expand nonprofit victim services, increase safety and well-being for women and children in rural communities, and ensure victims in rural areas have access to sexual assault medical forensic exams.
Deadline: Grants.gov deadline July 24, 2026; JustGrants deadline July 28, 2026
Morgan Stanley's Children's Mental Health Innovation Awards
This initiative aims to seed fund transformative mental healthcare solutions for children across the U.S. It helps address the lack of investment in youth mental health, connect innovative ideas with capital, and build capacity for nonprofits. This initiative invites U.S.-based 501(c)(3) public charities with an annual total revenue under $5 million to submit innovative ideas for advancing children’s mental health. There are two award categories: the Innovation Awards ($100,000 each) which are open to all, and the Next Gen Innovation Awards ($25,000 - $50,000 each) which are open to nonprofits founded and/or led by leaders under 32 years old, with more than two years in operation. Up to $550,000 in grants are provided and select applicants are invited to join the Leadership Learning Series.
Deadline: July 24, 2026
Department of Housing and Urban Development's Youth Homelessess NOFO FY2024 and FY2025
Congress appropriated funds for YHSI and YHDP "to demonstrate how a comprehensive approach to serving homeless youth, age 24 and under ... can dramatically reduce youth homelessness." This includes a variety of approaches, eligible activities, and projects that address not only housing needs, but also needs for services related to chronic physical health or mental health conditions, substance use disorders, domestic violence or childhood abuse and barriers to employment. Under the YHSI grants, HUD will make awards to selected communities to support them in establishing and implementing a response system for youth homelessness or for improving their existing response system. Under the YHDP, HUD will provide funding to communities to implement housing and services projects. Communities may apply for YHSI, YHDP, or both. YHSI funds system-level work including planning, coordination, and capacity-building, while YHDP funds direct housing and services for homeless youth. Applicants pursuing both funding streams should be prepared to build system infrastructure and implement housing projects concurrently.
Deadline: August 10, 2026
Department of Housing and Urban Development's FY 2026 Continuum of Care Competition and Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program Grants
This Program is designed to promote a community-wide commitment to the goal of ending homelessness; provide funding for efforts by nonprofit providers, States, Indian Tribes or Tribally Designated Housing Entities, and local governments to quickly rehouse individuals and families experiencing homelessness, persons experiencing trauma or a lack of safety related to, or fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and youth experiencing homelessness while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused by homelessness;promote access to, and effective utilization of, mainstream programs and programs funded with State or local resources; and optimize self-sufficiency among individuals and families experiencing homelessness.The goal of the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) is to support the development and implementation of a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness and sharing that experience with and mobilizing communities around the country toward the same end. The population to be served by the demonstration program is youth ages 24 and younger who are experiencing homelessness, including unaccompanied and pregnant or parenting youth.
Deadline: August 26, 2026
Office on Violence Against Women's Consolidated Grant Program to Assist Children and Youth Affected by and to Engage Men and Youth in Preventing Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking
This program supports community-based efforts to develop or expand prevention, intervention, treatment, and response strategies addressing the needs of children and youth (ages 0-24) affected by domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking. It also supports work with men and youth to prevent those crimes. Funds must be used for one or more of the following purposes:
- Provide services to advocate for and respond to youth who are victims of domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking.
- Provide assistance to children and youth exposed to such violence.
- Provide assistance to middle and high school students through education and other services related to such violence.
- Provide programs to engage men and youth in preventing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Deadline: Grants.gov deadline September 8, 2026; JustGrants deadline September 10, 2026
Free Webinars and Trainings
Inside the 2026 State of Workforce Mental Health Report
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Upcoming Events
Facilitator Training
MENTOR
July 14-16, 2026
Virtual
National Independent Living Conference
Daniel
August 18-21, 2026
Reston, VA
Bridging Practice to Policy
National Youth Employment Coalition
September 21-23, 2026
Washington, D.C.
Partnership for Student Success Summit
Partnership for Student Success
October 6, 2026
Washington, DC
2026 National Symposium on Solutions to End Youth Homelessness
Point Source Youth
October 14-15, 2026
Baltimore, MD
National Mentoring Summit
MENTOR
January 28-29, 2027
Washington, DC
Generations United Global Conference
Generations United
July 21-23, 2027
Arlington, VA