Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes amendments to 2025 Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) contracts with Briarpatch Youth Services, OutReach, and the Center for Community Stewardship. The contract amendments allocate $120,273 of previously unallocated program funds within the CDBG fund (MUNIS project #73223). No additional appropriation required.
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Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute 2025 Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) contract amendments with Briarpatch Youth Services, OutReach, and the Center for Community Stewardship, allocating previously unallocated funds. (Citywide)
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BACKGROUND
The Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) is a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)-funded initiative aimed at developing and implementing a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness.
The Madison/Dane County Continuum of Care (CoC) successfully secured the FY 2020 YHDP grant, with strong youth leadership from the CoC’s Youth Action Board (YAB). The City of Madison serves as the recipient and collaborative applicant, partnering with subrecipient agencies selected by the CoC. The current partners are Briarpatch Youth Services, OutReach, and the Center for Community Stewardship (C4CS). The City of Madison has recently received the HUD FY 2024 grant agreement, which covers funding for 2026 at the current level.
In 2025, Dane CoC YHDP funding supports the following activities:
System Navigation and Youth Drop-in Center by OutReach
Joint Transitional Housing/Rapid Rehousing (TH-RRH) by Briarpatch & OutReach
System Design, Implementation, and Evaluation by YAB (with C4CS as fiscal sponsor)
The 2025 budget includes $120,273 in unallocated YHDP Joint TH/RRH funds. This includes $78,000 that was initially designated for a Youth Housing Coordinator position, $40,000 for TH (for which no proposals were submitted in response to a Request For Proposals), and corresponding ad...
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