1. Round Table Discussion
Presented by: TC Cassidy, MPA, M.Div., Director of Technical Assistance/HTR3 Project Director

2. Objectives
Participants will be provided an overview of FYSB Runaway and Homeless Youth Programming to include: Regional Federal Project Officers SOP BCP TLP/MGH Participants will be provided with information about RHY programs in their states and how to contact these programs Participants will be provided an opportunity to discuss challenges and potential solutions for overcoming challenges in working with RHY programs.

3. Regional Federal Project Officers
Region I (East): TEMPORARY: Bill Clair
Region II (East): Myrna Quinta
Region II (East): Esceta McGee
Region III (East): Habibah Sulayman
Region IV (East): Carolyn Bates
Region IV (East): Pamela Marr

4. Regional Federal Project Officers
Region IV (East): Keylan Mitchell Region V (West): Jenny Weiser Region V (West): Niki Lee Region VI (East): Paul Bowser Region VI (East): Rebecca Eichelberger Region VII (West): Raymond Hicks

5. Regional Federal Project Officers
Region VII (West): Dr. Linda Cloud
Region VIII (West): Deborah Yatsko
Region IX (West): Petrina Winston
Region IX (West): Deb Oppenheim
Region X (West): Janice Holt
Region X (West): Thomas Bonnington

6. Regional Federal Project Officers
Region X (West): Steve Ice
RHY Program Manager (West): William ‘Bill’ Clair

7. Legislative Authority
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, 42 U.S.C. sections , as most recently amended by Public Law on October 8,

8. Street Outreach Program
Purpose: The primary purpose of the street outreach program is to provide street-based services to runaway, homeless, and street youth who have been subjected to, or are at risk of being subjected to, sexual exploitation and or sexual abuse. Scope: The scope of work is to include outreach, individualized assessment, service linkages, case planning, and follow-up for youth.

9. Street Outreach Program
FYSB’s Intent: FYSB’s intent is to increase young people’s safety, social and emotional well-being, self-sufficiency, and help them build permanent connections with families, communities, schools, and other positive social networks. FYSB supports projects that:
Implement outreach intervention strategies to keep youth safe and help them leave the streets;
Coordinate and sustain partnerships to expand access to services to respond to the needs of youth homelessness; and
Foster service delivery systems that provide protective factors such as skills, attitudes, and behaviors for effective transition into adulthood while reducing risk factors such as substance use, lack of shelter, and disconnection from school or caring adults.

10. Definitions
HOMELESS YOUTH: Is an individual less than 21 years of age for whom it is not possible to live in a safe environment with a relative, and who has no other safe alternative living arrangement. (Section 387(3) RHY Act, 42 U.S.C. § 5732a(3)) REINTEGRATION SERVICES: The connection of youth with services to promote their long-term well-being and self-sufficiency, including resource plans and case management services for substance abuse, mental health, education, employment transportation, income security, identity papers, and housing. (For purposes of this announcement.) RUNAWAY YOUTH: An individual who is less than 18 years of age and who absents himself or herself from home or a place of legal residence without the permission of a parent or legal guardian. (Section 387(4) of the RHY Act, 42 U.S.C. § 5732a(4))

11. Definitions
Runaway Youth – A person under 18 years of age who absents himself or herself from home, or place of legal residence, without the permission of his or her family. (45 CFR (a)) STREET YOUTH: An individual less than 21 years of age who is a runaway youth or indefinitely or intermittently a homeless youth, and spends a significant amount of time on the street or in other areas that increase the risk to such youth for sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, prostitution, or drug abuse. (Section 387(6) of the RHY Act, 42 U.S.C. § 5732a(6))

12. Basic Center Program
Purpose: The purpose of the BCP is to provide temporary shelter and counseling services to youth who have left home without permission of their parents or guardians or to other homeless youth who might otherwise end up in the law enforcement or in the child welfare, mental health, or juvenile justice systems. Scope: The scope of work is to include access to shelter, gateway services, assessment, coordinated case management, follow-up, and continuum service linkages.

13. Basic Center Program
FYSB’s Intent: FYSB’s intent is to increase young people’s safety, social and emotional well-being, self-sufficiency, and help them build permanent connections with families, communities, schools, and other positive social networks. FYSB supports projects that:
Provide services for runaway and homeless youth and the families of such youth
Establish an alternative to involving runaway and homeless youth in the law enforcement, child
welfare, mental health, and juvenile justice systems
Provide safe and appropriate shelter for runaway and homeless youth
Provide individual, family, and group counseling
Reunite youth with their families when appropriate.

14. Definitions
RUNAWAY YOUTH: An individual who is less than 18 years of age and who absents himself or herself from home or a place of legal residence without the permission of a parent or legal guardian. (Section 387(4)of the RHY Act, 42 U.S.C. § 5732a(4))
STREET YOUTH: An individual who is a runaway youth, or indefinitely or intermittently a homeless youth, and spends a significant amount of time on the street or in other areas that increase the risk to such youth for sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, prostitution, or drug abuse. (Section 387(6) of the RHY Act, 42 U.S.C. § 5732a(6))
YOUTH AT RISK OF SEPARATION FROM THE FAMILY.—The term ‘youth at risk of separation from the family’ means an individual—
(A) who is less than 18 years of age; and (B) (i) who has a history of running away from the family of such individual; (ii) whose parent, guardian, or custodian is not willing to provide for the basic needs of such individual; or (iii) who is at risk of entering the child welfare system or juvenile justice system as a result of the lack of services available to the family to meet such needs.

15. Definitions
YOUTH AT RISK OF SEPARATION FROM THE FAMILY: The term ‘youth at risk of separation from the family’ means an individual: (A) who is less than 18 years of age; and (B) (i) who has a history of running away from the family of such individual; (ii) whose parent, guardian, or custodian is not willing to provide for the basic needs of such individual; or (iii) who is at risk of entering the child welfare system or juvenile justice system as a result of the lack of services available to the family to meet such needs.

16. Transitional Living Program
Purpose: FYSB’s Transitional Living Program supports projects that provide long-term residential services to homeless youth ages Services are provided for up to 21 months. Young people who have not yet turned 18 at the end of the 21 months may be able stay until their 18th birthday. Scope of Services: To establish or operate a TLP that provides services to homeless youth outside of law enforcement, child welfare, mental health, and the juvenile justice system to make a successful transition to self-sufficient living. Transitional Living Programs are required to provide youth with stable, safe living accommodations, and services that help them develop the skills necessary to become independent. Living accommodations may include host-family homes, group homes, maternity group homes, or supervised apartments owned by the program or rented in the community.
Transitional Living-Priority Area I Purpose: Long term (18 months) residential services to homeless youth ages Services are designed to help youth who are homeless make a successful transition to self-sufficient living. Provide youth with stable, safe living accommodations as well asservices and supports that help them develop the skills necessary to move to independence. Living accommodations may be host family homes, group homes, maternity group homes, or "supervised apartments." (Supervised apartments are either agency-owned apartment buildings or "scattered site" apartments, which are single-occupancy apartments rented directly by young people with support from the agency.).

17. Maternity Group Home
Scope of Services: Establish or operate a MGH which is a community-based, adult supervised transitional living arrangements that provides all the services of a regular TLP in addition to providing pregnant or parenting youth and their children with supportive and supervised living arrangements in which such pregnant or parenting youth are required to teach parenting skills as well as child development, family budgeting, health and nutrition, and other skills to promote their long-term economic independence in order to ensure the well-being of their children.

18. Definition of Homeless Youth for TLP/MGH Purposes
An individual who is not more than 21 years of age, or in the case of a youth seeking shelter in a center under Part A of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, not more than 18 years of age, and for the purposes of Part B, not less than 16 years of age; for whom it is not possible to live in a safe environment with a relative; and who has no other safe alternative living arrangement. (Section 387 RHY Act, as amended)

19. Locating RHY Grantees

20. RHY Authorizing Legislation

21. RHY Program Regulations

22. RHYMIS Data

23. Discussion of Challenges and Potential Solutions
Challenges Potential Solutions

24. Presenter Contact
TC Cassidy, MPA, M.Div. Director of Technical Assistance/HTR3 Project Director Family and Youth Services Bureau’s Runaway and Homeless Youth Training and Technical Assistance Center M: O: E: W: