Direct Cash Transfers as Prevention
MEET THE AWARDEES
MEET THE AWARDEES
Young people are owed the resources, the support, the care, and the intentionality to thrive. Imagine what we’ll be able to see when young people never have to experience the harms of housing instability and instead are able to flourish, to contribute their talents, their gifts, their thought leadership, their passions, and their love to a world that greatly needs them. We are excited to announce the 6 recipients of our groundbreaking Direct Cash Transfers as Prevention Initiative: The Door, Henry Street Settlement, Lifeworks, Youth on Their Own, As You Are in Grand Rapids Michigan, and Youth Empowerment Success Services.
Point Source Youth hosted a virtual information session on this RFP on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, at 2 pm EST/ 11 AM PST for interested applicants to receive support and clarity, talk through the RFP process, and meet our Direct Cash Transfers and Prevention team. Watch the recording to learn more about the application process and click below to explore FAQs.
Watch the DCT-P RFP Info Session Webinar!
Recruitment
The objective of this initiative is to support housing stability among young people experiencing a housing crisis and prevent them from needing to access the homelessness system, therefore recruitment will focus on identifying young people before they become unhoused.
CBOs will coordinate with upstream systems and spaces of care (schools, foster care, juvenile detention, queer, trans, and BIPOC community spaces, etc) to create simple, fast, and intentional processes to resolve housing crises immediately.
Specific effort will go into co-designing local referral and intake processes that center the experiences and needs of Black, Indigenous, youth of color, 2SLGBTQ-identifying youth, and immigrant and refugee youth who are disproportionately represented among those experiencing homelessness.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must be either public entities or nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and are not private foundations or non-functionally integrated Type III supporting organizations.
Experience with/plan to participate effectively in program evaluation, tracking, managing, and willingness to share program data with PSY and our evaluators.
Demonstrated experience with youth/young adult-centered case management and centering youth leadership.
Applicant organizations must be based in the United States. Awards will be made to organizations, not to individuals.
Experience and ability to work with young people experiencing housing instability.
Have an active organizational Youth Action Board, or regularly work with a community-wide Youth Action Board.
Commitment and plan to uphold key principles of empowerment, trust, flexibility, meeting youth where they’re at, and 2SLGBTQ and racial equity.
Payment Amount and Frequency
Centering youth voice and choice is paramount, and we expect community-based organizations (CBOs) to engage in creative housing conversations with young people in order to determine what they need to resolve their housing crisis and remain stably housed. Payments will be based on equity and youth need, using an abundance approach rather than only offering young people the bare minimum to support their long-term sustainability and thriving.
Each CBO will receive $185,000 for direct cash transfers to young people, which should be dispersed according to individual needs. We expect that each CBO will serve approximately 50 young people with an average one-time payment of $3,700 each, with the flexibility to break up the payment into smaller amounts over time if it serves the needs of young people.
Meet the Point Source Youth Direct Cash Transfers- Prevention Team
Anjala Huff
Senior Director, Direct Cash Transfers, Point source Youth
Ashley barnes-Cocke
Director, Direct Cash Transfers as Prevention, Point source Youth
This initiative presented by Point Source Youth is supported by Raikes Foundation, and Schultz Family Foundation.