Nonprofit Funding, Jobs, & Events May 2023

Funding

Office of Victims of Crime’s Integrated Services for Minor Victims of Human Trafficking
The purpose of this program is to enhance the quality and quantity of services available to assist minor victims of human trafficking. It will provide funding for services to victims of severe forms of human trafficking, as defined in 22 U.S.C. § 7102(11): 

• Sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such an act has not attained 18 years of age. 
• The recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery. 

Organizations funded under this program will be expected to implement developmentally appropriate and evidence-based practices widely accepted in other child- and youth-serving systems. Eligibility for services under this grant are limited to victims who were trafficked and began receiving services while under age 18; however, receipt of services can extend beyond the age of 18, as needed. Reintegration with and support for healthy family members or caregivers is a critical component of the minor’s long-term success. Services may also extend to the victim’s children, supportive non-offending parents, caregivers, sponsors, and guardians, if these services are identified as impacting the minor’s safety, security, and healing. 

Deadline: Grants.Gov: June 6, 2023; JustGrants: June 13, 2023 | Learn more >>

Administration for Children and Families’ Basic Center Program
The Basic Center Program (BCP) provides temporary shelter and counseling services to youth who have left home without permission of their parents or guardians, have been forced to leave home, or other homeless youth who might otherwise end up in the law enforcement or in the child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems. BCPs work to establish or strengthen community-based programs that meet the immediate needs of runaway and homeless youth and their families. BCP grant recipients provide youth under 18 years of age with emergency shelter, food, clothing, counseling and referrals for health care. BCP grant recipients can provide up to 21 days of shelter for youth and seek to reunite young people with their families, whenever possible, or to locate appropriate alternative placements. Additional services may include: street-based services; home-based services for families with youth at risk of separation from the family; drug abuse education and prevention services; and at the request of runaway and homeless youth, testing for sexually transmitted diseases.

Deadline: June 9, 2023 | Learn more >>

Administration for Children and Families’ National Communication System for Runaway and Homeless Youth Program
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) will award one cooperative agreement on a competitive basis for a period of three years to operate the National Communication System (NCS) for Runaway and Homeless Youth Program. The NCS Program is a dedicated toll-free, U.S. national communication system that provides information, referral services, crisis intervention, prevention approaches, and other supportive services to vulnerable, at-risk, and runaway and homeless youth and their families or legal guardians. The purpose of the NCS is to a) prevent youth from running away and becoming homeless, and b) link youth with a family member or guardian, and/or an available resource that can provide and/or assist the youth in acquiring needed services, and c) increase prevention education to reduce runaway incidents and youth homelessness. To fulfill the objectives of the legislation, the NCS must provide, among other services, a neutral and confidential channel of communication (online and off lines services) that is available on a 24-hours per day, seven days per week, basis throughout the United States to ensure a youth contemplating running away, youth who are on the run, and those experiencing homelessness can receive crisis services interventions and referrals or re-establish communication with their parents or legal guardians if possible. 

Deadline: June 9, 2023 | Learn more >>

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s Youth Violence Prevention Program
The goal of this program is to prevent youth violence, including youth gang/group violence, through data-driven strategies. This solicitation is focused on youth who are at risk of committing violence. This solicitation distinguishes between youth who are “at risk” and those who are at the “highest risk” for committing or becoming a victim of violence. Strategies funded through this solicitation may work in coordination with community violence intervention (CVI) strategies that target youth at the highest risk of violence, but the focus for this solicitation is on delivering prevention and early intervention services for at-risk youth. Project sites are expected to use funding to develop and implement violence prevention strategies targeted toward middle and high school age youth who have multiple risk factors for violence. Specific objectives include: 

• Increase protective factors to prevent violence and delinquent behavior by youth.
• Implement data-driven, evidence-informed, and community-led approaches.
• Develop and/or enhance direct service programs for youth with multiple risk factors for violence. 

Deadline: Grants.Gov: June 12, 2023; JustGrants: June 26, 2023 | Learn more >>

Administration for Children and Families’ Street Outreach Program
The Street Outreach Program provides street-based services to runaway, homeless, and street youth who are under 21 years of age and who have been subjected to or are at risk of being subjected to sexual abuse, prostitution, sexual exploitation, and severe forms of human trafficking in persons. SOP will build relationships between street outreach workers and youth to assist them in moving to a safe and stable housing or emergency shelter and prepare them for independence. These services, targeted in areas where street youth congregate, are designed to assist such youth in making healthy choices and providing them access to shelter as well as basic needs, including food, hygiene packages and information on a range of available services.

Deadline: June 20, 2023 | Learn more >>

Administration for Children and Families’ Runaway Homeless Youth Training, Technical Assistance, and Capacity Building Center (RHYTTAC)
The Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB), Runaway Homeless Youth (RHY) Training, Technical Assistance, and Capacity Building Center (RHYTTAC) provides direct training and technical assistance to existing RHY grant recipients and subrecipients to enhance their efforts to successfully implement projects supported by FYSB grant funds. FYSB expects to award one cooperative agreement to strengthen and build the capacity of runaway and homeless youth and other youth-serving professionals and service providers across the nation by:

• Developing relevant and interactive training products for in-person and virtual adaptation.
• Disseminating evidenced-based, evidence-informed, and best practices related to issues impacting youth who have runaway from home, youth and young adults experiencing homelessness, and youth and young adults at risk of becoming homeless.
• Providing targeted technical assistance to RHY recipients and youth-serving organizations to address current and potential needs.
• Leading coordination activities among RHY recipients and other RHY funded partner organizations.

The recipient must serve all ten ACF Federal Regions and may include subcontractors or subrecipients, at its option, to provide services that will cover the regional multi-State areas.

Deadline: June 20, 2023 | Learn more >>

Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Youth Homeless Demonstration Program
The goal of the Youth Homeless Demonstration Program (YHDP) is to support selected communities in the development and implementation of a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness. This community planning approach supports the foundations outlined in “All In” and will guide communities in designing solutions that match the needs in their community and sharing that experience with and mobilizing communities around the country toward the same end. The population to be served by this demonstration program is youth experiencing homelessness, aged 24 and under, including unaccompanied youth and pregnant or parenting youth who are experiencing homelessness. Funding of approximately $60,000,000 is available through this NOFO. HUD expects to make approximately 25 awards from the funds available under this NOFO.

Deadline: June 27, 2023 | Learn more >>

Administration for Children and Families’ Victims of Human Trafficking in Native Communities Demonstration (VHT-NC) Program
Program’s goal is to directly fund organizations that will build, expand, and sustain organizational and community capacity to deliver services to Native American (i.e., American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and/or Pacific Islanders) adults and minors who have experienced a severe form of human trafficking as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended, through the provision of direct services, assistance, and referrals. The following activities are required under the VHT-NC Demonstration Program: 

1. Provision of comprehensive, culturally and linguistically responsive case management to Native Americans who have experienced sex and labor trafficking;
2. Outreach efforts to increase identification of Native Americans who have experienced sex and labor trafficking; and
3. Public awareness activities for the local community and organizations that may encounter individuals who have experienced sex and labor trafficking.

Deadline: June 30, 2023 | Learn more >>

Administration for Children and Families’ Domestic Victims of Human Trafficking Services and Outreach (DVHT-SO) Program
The goal of the DVHT-SO Program is to fund organizations that will build, expand, and sustain organizational and local capacity to deliver services to domestic victims of severe forms of human trafficking as defined by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended through victim outreach, identification, case management, direct services, assistance, and referrals. Under the DVHT-SO Program, the following activities are required:

1. Comprehensive case management and services to adults and children who have experienced human trafficking; and 
2. Outreach to increase identification of adults and children who have experienced sex and labor trafficking.

The DVHT-SO Program is informed by a whole-family approach that focuses equally and intentionally on services and opportunities for individuals who have experienced human trafficking and their immediate family members living within their households. OTIP encourages community partnerships, meaningful engagement of individuals who have experienced human trafficking, and hiring qualified professionals from the communities being served under the DVHT-SO Program. Recipients will undergo a 12-month project implementation period to establish partnerships, on-board new staff, and develop a victim service protocol and a sustainability plan. Clients must receive direct services and assistance through the DVHT-SO Program during the 12-month project implementation period. In addition, there is a statutorily mandated 25 percent match (cash or in-kind) requirement for each budget period.

Deadline: June 30, 2023 | Learn more >>

Department of Health & Human Services’ Child and Youth Resilience Challenge
The Children and Youth Resilience Prize Challenge will award prizes to innovative community-led solutions to promote resilience in children and adolescents affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and other man-made or natural disasters. The Challenge is recognized as part of the President’s Unity Agenda and Mental Health Strategy. The Challenge aims to:

• Award prizes to community-led solutions that promote resilience, advance mental health and well-being, and reduce the risk for negative mental health outcomes among children and youth
• Promote positive strategies and solutions that help children and youth – and their families and support systems – thrive
• Identify and elevate promising practices that promote culturally and linguistically responsive protective factors to improve resilience and advance mental health and well-being
• Support community-led innovation in promoting resilience among children, youth, and their families (in places such as community organizations, early childhood education settings, schools, primary care, and other children- and youth-serving or youth-led organizations)
• Increase understanding of gaps and opportunities to promote resilience, especially in underserved communities 
• Catalyze action through public-private partnerships to broaden impact, address local needs, and promote sustainability

For the purposes of this Challenge, community-led solutions are those identified and driven by members of the community who are experts in their own contexts, needs, and solutions. 

Deadline: July 7, 2023 | Learn more >>

Administration for Children and Families’ Runaway and Homeless Youth - Prevention Demonstration Program
The Runaway and Homeless Youth Prevention Demonstration Program (RHY-PDP) program supports the design and delivery of community-based demonstration initiatives to prevent youth and young adults from experiencing homelessness. Through development and coordination of partnerships with youth and young adult services providers, community organizations and private and public agencies the RHY-PDP will: 1) Identify young people at risk of experiencing homelessness; 2) Design and develop a comprehensive community prevention plan to prevent youth homeless; 3) Implement the robust, holistic services plan to respond to the diverse needs of youth who may be at risk of homelessness and their families.

Deadline: July 31, 2023 | Learn more >>

Free Webinars and Trainings

Act Out! Pride Month Training Series for Young People
Advocates for Youth
June 1, 2023
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Race Equity Assessment Information Session
Building Movement Project
June 1, 2023
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Working with Youth and Communities to Increase Awareness and Skills in Confronting Anti-Semitism
OJJDP National Training and Technical Assistance Center
June 1, 2023
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Young People and Travel: Planning, Paying, Preparing, Executing
National Youth Employment Coalition
June 8, 2023
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Centering Equity in Systems Change
Upswell
June 20, 2023
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Events

National UNITY Conference
United National Indian Tribal Youth
June 30-July 4, 2023
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Fair Housing at 55: Advancing a Blueprint for Equity
National Fair Housing Alliance
July 16-18, 2023
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Global Intergenerational Conference
Generations United
July 26-28, 2023
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Empowering, Enriching, and Inspiring Youth: Making Policy Personal
Coalition for Juvenile Justice
July 31-August 1, 2023
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National Symposium on Juvenile Services
Reentry Employment Opportunities
October 3-6, 2023
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Upswell 2023
Independent Sector
November 15-17, 2023
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Jobs

• Direct Care Workers | Listening Ear Crisis Center | Harrison, MI
• Senior Grant Writer & Various Other Positions | Los Angeles LGBT Center | Los Angeles, CA
• Sr. Manager of IDD Community Day and Employment Services & Various Other Positions | Pioneer Center for Human Services | McHenry, IL
• Shelter Advocate & Various Other Positions | YWCA Greater Cleveland | Cleveland, OH
• Case Manager, Emergency Housing & Various Other Positions | HopePHL | Philadelphia, PA