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Bookmark or Share- Federal Programs - Youth.govA homeless youth with a disability also may receive free meals if the majority of persons served by the CACFP facility are age 18 and under. Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program The Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program provides grocery-buying benefits to low-income families with school-aged children when schools are closed for ...
- LGBTQI+ - Youth.govOn any given night in 2023, there were approximately 34,700 people under 25 who experienced homelessness as an unaccompanied minor. 1 Current studies, as well as anecdotal evidence from social service professionals, suggest that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, or intersex (LGBTQI+) youth are significantly overrepresented in homeless populations, 2 with a recent study ...
- Federal Definitions and Eligibility | Youth.govUnaccompanied youth: A homeless child or youth not in the physical custody of a parent or guardian (defined in the McKinney-Vento Act). HUD uses a similar definition for their Point-in-Time (PIT) data collection, classifying “unaccompanied youth” as people under the age of 25 who are experiencing homelessness as individuals, that is ...
- Homeless: youth | Youth.govThis webpage provides information about federal grant programs relevant for serving young parents and their children experiencing homelessness including Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs, Head Start, Child Care and Development Block Grant, Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and many others
- Rates of Homelessness | Youth.govEstimates suggest that as many as 4.2 million youth and young adults (700,000 youth ages 13–17 and 3.5 million youth ages 18–25) are homeless within the United States each year. 1. Unaccompanied Youth Experiencing Homelessness. On a single night in January 2023, 34,703 unaccompanied youth were experiencing homelessness in the United States. 2
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