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Family and Youth Services Bureau
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[[File:Family & Youth Services Bureau logo.png|thumb|upright=1.5|FYSB logo as of 2018]]
The '''Family and Youth Services Bureau''' (FYSB) is a division of the [[Federal government of the United States#Executive branch|US Executive Branch]] under the [[Administration for Children and Families]] and the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services|Department of Health and Human Services]]. The FYSB's primary purpose is to support programs for at-risk youth and their families.<ref name="CouncilEducation2001">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
The FYSB is divided into two major divisions, which administer three principle programs.<ref name="div"></ref> These are the Division of Adolescent Development and Support, which administers the Runaway and Homeless Youth Program and the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program, and the Division of Family Violence Prevention and Services, which administers the Family Violence Prevention and Services Program.<ref name="div"/>
==Runaway and Homeless Youth Program==
The Runaway and Homeless Youth Program (RHYP) was first established in 1974 through passage of the [[Runaway Youth Act]]. It is itself divided into three major components:
* The Basic Centre Programme, which provides "intervention, temporary shelter, counselling, and after-care services",
* The Transitional Living Programme, which provides "long-term housing and supportive services" to those age 16 to 21, and
* The Street Outreach Programme, which provides "education, treatment, counselling and referrals" for teenage runaways, homeless teenagers, and others living on the streets.<ref name="DabirAthale2011">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
The RHYP also administers the [[National Runaway Safeline]], a 24 hour [[hotline]] for adolescents in crisis, which provides educational resources and technical assistance,<ref></ref> and the National Clearinghouse on Runaway and Homeless Youth, founded in 1992, and which serves as a central repository for information related to runaway or homeless youth.<ref name="Company1995">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program==
The Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program supports efforts at reducing rates of [[teen pregnancy]] and the transmission of [[sexually transmitted diseases]], with an emphasis on adolescents in [[foster care]], those who are homeless, and those who belong to [[minority groups]].<ref name="enc"/> Grant programs include:
* The State Personal Responsibility Education Program, which began in 2010 through an amendment to the [[Social Security Act]], and which in the fiscal year for 2016 dispersed $40.8 million among 50 grantees.<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* The Tribal Personal Responsibility Education Program, which in 2016 dispersed $3.4 million among eight grantees<ref></ref>
* The Personal Responsibility Education Program Competitive Grants, which in 2015 awarded $10 million to 21 grantees<ref></ref>
* The Personal Responsibility Education Innovative Strategies Program, which awards about $9 million annually<ref></ref>
* The State Abstinence Education Grant Program, which supports [[Abstinence-only sex education|abstinence education]], and in the fiscal year for 2016 awarded $60.4 million to 38 states and [[Territories of the United States|territories]]<ref></ref>
* The Competitive Abstinence Education Grant Program, which funds "knowledge of effective and promising approaches to reducing teen pregnancy"<ref></ref>
==Family Violence Prevention and Services Program==
The Family Violence Prevention and Services Program (FVPSP) provides a number of grants to targeted as [[domestic violence]] victims along with their families, provides funding for approximately 1,600 [[emergency shelters]], as well as counseling, and a national domestic violence hotline.<ref name="enc"></ref><ref name="Levinson2002">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> The FVPSP also provides funding for research into the prevention of family violence, training, and technical assistance to related programs.<ref name="(U.S.)Prevention1996"></ref>
==See also==
* [[Foster care in the United States]]
* [[Homelessness in the United States]]
==References==
==External links==
*
[[Category:Administration for Children and Families programs]]
The '''Family and Youth Services Bureau''' (FYSB) is a division of the [[Federal government of the United States#Executive branch|US Executive Branch]] under the [[Administration for Children and Families]] and the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services|Department of Health and Human Services]]. The FYSB's primary purpose is to support programs for at-risk youth and their families.<ref name="CouncilEducation2001">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
The FYSB is divided into two major divisions, which administer three principle programs.<ref name="div"></ref> These are the Division of Adolescent Development and Support, which administers the Runaway and Homeless Youth Program and the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program, and the Division of Family Violence Prevention and Services, which administers the Family Violence Prevention and Services Program.<ref name="div"/>
==Runaway and Homeless Youth Program==
The Runaway and Homeless Youth Program (RHYP) was first established in 1974 through passage of the [[Runaway Youth Act]]. It is itself divided into three major components:
* The Basic Centre Programme, which provides "intervention, temporary shelter, counselling, and after-care services",
* The Transitional Living Programme, which provides "long-term housing and supportive services" to those age 16 to 21, and
* The Street Outreach Programme, which provides "education, treatment, counselling and referrals" for teenage runaways, homeless teenagers, and others living on the streets.<ref name="DabirAthale2011">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
The RHYP also administers the [[National Runaway Safeline]], a 24 hour [[hotline]] for adolescents in crisis, which provides educational resources and technical assistance,<ref></ref> and the National Clearinghouse on Runaway and Homeless Youth, founded in 1992, and which serves as a central repository for information related to runaway or homeless youth.<ref name="Company1995">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
==Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program==
The Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program supports efforts at reducing rates of [[teen pregnancy]] and the transmission of [[sexually transmitted diseases]], with an emphasis on adolescents in [[foster care]], those who are homeless, and those who belong to [[minority groups]].<ref name="enc"/> Grant programs include:
* The State Personal Responsibility Education Program, which began in 2010 through an amendment to the [[Social Security Act]], and which in the fiscal year for 2016 dispersed $40.8 million among 50 grantees.<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
* The Tribal Personal Responsibility Education Program, which in 2016 dispersed $3.4 million among eight grantees<ref></ref>
* The Personal Responsibility Education Program Competitive Grants, which in 2015 awarded $10 million to 21 grantees<ref></ref>
* The Personal Responsibility Education Innovative Strategies Program, which awards about $9 million annually<ref></ref>
* The State Abstinence Education Grant Program, which supports [[Abstinence-only sex education|abstinence education]], and in the fiscal year for 2016 awarded $60.4 million to 38 states and [[Territories of the United States|territories]]<ref></ref>
* The Competitive Abstinence Education Grant Program, which funds "knowledge of effective and promising approaches to reducing teen pregnancy"<ref></ref>
==Family Violence Prevention and Services Program==
The Family Violence Prevention and Services Program (FVPSP) provides a number of grants to targeted as [[domestic violence]] victims along with their families, provides funding for approximately 1,600 [[emergency shelters]], as well as counseling, and a national domestic violence hotline.<ref name="enc"></ref><ref name="Levinson2002">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> The FVPSP also provides funding for research into the prevention of family violence, training, and technical assistance to related programs.<ref name="(U.S.)Prevention1996"></ref>
==See also==
* [[Foster care in the United States]]
* [[Homelessness in the United States]]
==References==
==External links==
*
[[Category:Administration for Children and Families programs]]
May 07, 2018 at 11:09PM
