[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45 Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR1351.10]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 

                           AND HUMAN SERVICES

 

PART 1351_RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

           Subpart B_Runaway and Homeless Youth Program Grant

 

Sec.  1351.10  What is the purpose of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Program grant?





    The purpose of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Program grant is to 

establish or strengthen existing or proposed community-based runaway and 

homeless youth projects to provide temporary shelter and care to runaway 

or otherwise homeless youth who are in need of temporary shelter, 

counseling and aftercare services. The Department is concerned about the 

increasing numbers of youth who leave, and stay away from, their homes 

without permission of their families. There is also national concern 

about runaway and homeless youth who have no resources, who live on the 

street, and who represent law enforcement problems in the communities to 

which they run. The problems of runaway or otherwise homeless youth 

should not be the responsibility of already overburdened police 

departments and juvenile justice authorities. Rather, Congress intends 

that the responsibility for locating, assisting, and returning such 

youth should be placed with low-cost, community-based human service 

programs.