Wednesday, June 7, 2023
6/7/2023
United Action for Youth (UAY) is seeking $200,000 in federal funds to develop a Transitional Living Program (TLP) for homeless youth in Johnson County and Eastern Iowa. The program design is intended to primarily serve pregnant and parenting teens, but will also serve non-teen parents as well. This TLP is a collaboration between UAY and several other service providers in the community. United Action for Youth is a current Basic Center and Street Outreach grantee and has provided a comprehensive program for pregnant and parenting teens since 1990. The primary service partner in the project is Youth Homes, a division of Four Oaks of Iowa (referred to throughout the remainder of this narrative as Youth Homes). Youth Homes provides residential programs for youth, including a licensed shelter used in the Basic Center program and an Independent Living Program funded by federal Independent Living Initiative funds. Other service partners included in this TLP are Successful Living, a provider of supportive transitional housing for homeless persons; Mid Eastern Council on Chemical Abuse (MECCA), a provider of comprehensive substance abuse prevention and treatment; Mercy Hospital, which is providing a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner to UAY; and University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics' Children's Hospital of Iowa, which, with MECCA, is providing substance abuse and mental health assessments and treatment to youth referred by the TLP.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
