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Transitional Living for Homeless Youth

Program Information

Popular name

Transitional Living Program (TLP) and Maternity Group Homes (MGH)

Program Number

93.550

Program objective

The Transitional Living Program (TLP) and Maternity Group Home (MGH) Programs help runaway and homeless youth and/or pregnant or parenting runaway and homeless youth between the ages of 16 to under 22 establish sustainable living and well-being for themselves and if applicable, their dependent child(ren). Through the provision of residential stay up to 540 days (and in exceptional circumstances 635 days) and comprehensive supportive services, youth between the ages of 16 to under 22 enrolled in TLPs or MGHs will realize improvements in four core outcome areas: social and emotional well-being, permanent connections, education or employment, safe and stable housing. MGH services include, but are not limited to, parenting skills, child development, family budgeting, and health and nutrition education, in addition to the required services provided under the TLP.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2016

    ACF will award 198 continuation awards to support existing programs. ACF awarded 198 continuation awards to support existing programs.

  2. 2017

    ACF awarded 127 continuation awards to support existing programs and approximately 109 new awards.

  3. 2018

    ACF awarded 230 awards, to include approximately 97 new awards and 133 grant awards to support existing programs.

  4. 2019

    ACF awarded 241 awards, to include approximately 36 new awards, 18 of which will be Maternity Group Homes, and 205 grant awards to support existing programs.

  5. 2020

    ACF awarded 239 grants, all of which will support existing programs.

  6. 2022

    In FY 2022 FYSB made 225 awards with 106 supporting existing programs. The remaining 119 were awarded to new Maternity Group Homes and Transitional Living Programs.

  7. 2023

    In FY 2023, 157 Transitional Living Program awards were made. All awards supported existing programs.

    In FY 2024, 59 Maternity Group Home awards were made. All awards supported existing programs.

  8. 2024

    In FY 2024, 157 Transitional Living Program awards were made with 82 awards supporting existing programs and 75 supporting new awards.

    In FY 2024, 59 Maternity Group Home awards were made with 25 awards supporting existing programs and 24 supporting new awards.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

Contact Headquarters Office listed below for available literature. You may also get information on the Family and Youth Services Bureau website at the following address https://www.acf.hhs.gov/fysb under the "About" section. Information is also available through the National Clearinghouse on Homeless Youth and Families, 4340 East-West Highway Suite 1100 Bethesda, MD 20814. Telephone: 833-438-7494. The National Clearinghouse on Homeless Youth and Families website is https://rhyclearinghouse.acf.hhs.gov and the email address is address is GetRHYi@NCHYF.org Runaway and Homeless Youth Program Regulations can be found at 45 CFR §1351.