Tribal Self-Governance Study
Description of Program,
Service, Function or Activity (PSFA)
INVENTORY
1. Agency Name: Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB)
2. Program Name: Basic Center Program
3. CFDA #: 93.623
4. Program Objectives: To make grants available to public and nonprofit private entities (and combination of such entities) to establish and operate (including renovation) local centers to provide services for runaway and homeless youth and for the families of such youth. The services provided by the grantees shall serve as an alternative to involving runaway and homeless youth in the law enforcement, child welfare, mental health and juvenile justice systems by providing safe and appropriate shelter and individual, family and group counseling, as appropriate. The services may include street-based services, home-based services for families with youth at risk of separation from the family and drug abuse education and prevention services.
5. Titles and Descriptions of at least Three Funded Grantees: Ain Dah
Yung Shelter
St. Paul, MN
Services Provided: Basic Center and Street
Out Reach Program services.
Cherokee Nation Youth Shelter
Tahlequah, OK
Services
Provided: Basic Center services for runaway and homeless youth.
Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Rosebud, SD
Services Provided: Basic
Center services for runaway and homeless youth.
AUTHORITY
6. Authorizing Statute(s): Missing, Exploited and Runaway Children Protection Act of 1999, Public Law 106-71.
7. Type of funding: Discretionary grants
8. Mandatory Statutory Changes Needed to Operate PSFA as a Demonstration: Authority would need to modify the grant making process, enable the Department to make self-governance funding awards, and alter federal monitoringing mandates.
APPLICANTS. BENEFICIARIES AND FORMULAS
9. Type of Funding: Competitive Discretionary Grants
10. Eligible Applicants: Any State, unit of local government, combination of units of local government, public or private nonprofit agency, organization or institution is eligible to apply for these funds. Federally recognized Indian Tribes are eligible to apply for Basic Center grants. Indian Tribes that are not federally recognized and urban Indian organizations are also eligible to apply for grants as private agencies.
11. Allotment Formulas, Etc.: Federal share of grant is up to 90 percent. The nonfederal may be in cash or in-kind. The statute contains a formula
allocation of funds by State. The formula is based on the population of each State under age 18 as a portion of the national population under age 18.
12. Application Provisions/ Allotments in Law for Indians: Tribes may apply
13. Eligible Beneficiaries: Runaway and homeless youth and their families.
14. Beneficiary Provisions/Allotments in Law for Indians: N/A
15. Amount and Percent of Total that is Mandatory for Indians: 0
FINANCIAL
16. Total FY 2000 Funding: $43.6 million
17. Amount and percent of Total Funding awarded to Indians: 1 percent, $450,936
18. For Awards to Tribes: The Family and Youth Services Bureau curently funds 7 tribal agencies. The tribal organizations funded as Basic Center Programs receive funding that range between
$42,508 – $81,327 per year. The average amount is $64,423.
19. Total FY2001 Funding and Amount for Indians, If known: $450,936
OTHER
20. - How long assistance is funded; 3 year projects.
- Fund use restrictions; a runaway and homeless youth program grant does not cover the cost of constructing new facilities. RHY grantees may use up to 15% of the grant award for the acquisition and renovation of existing structures.
- Reporting requirements; RHY grantees are required to provide the Regional Office with program and fiscal reports semi-annually.
- Audit requirements; RHY grantees required to submit a SF269 semi-annually
CONTACTS
21. DHHS Workgroup Contact: Sharon McCully
22. HHS Agency/Program Contact: Curtis O. Porter, Acting Co-Principal
Family and Youth Services Bureau