The Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY)
program serves as the national leader for the provision of shelter
and supportive services to youth experiencing homelessness. The RHY
program administers grants to public and private organizations to
establish and operate youth emergency shelters and transitional
living programs. These grant recipients are located in all 50
states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories. The
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act (RHYA), as reauthorized by the
Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act of 2008 (P.L.110-378 ) through FY
2013 and more recently reauthorized by the Juvenile Justice Reform
Act through FY 2019, mandates that Runaway and Homeless Youth
programs provide statistical records profiling the youth and family
members whom it serves and also mandates that the Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS) report regularly to Congress on the
status of RHY-funded programs serving runaway and homeless youth.
Further, these requirements include maintenance of client
statistical records and submission of annual program reports
regarding the characteristics of the youth and families served and
the services provided to them. The October 2008 reauthorization of
the Act and the reauthorization through FY 2019, maintained the
longstanding requirements, as described in the legislation. This
information collection request is for the Family and Youth Services
Bureau (FYSB) to continue to collect the data standards to meet
these legislative requirements. All RHY funded organizations are
required to collect and submit their statistical information/data
through a larger system of data standards housed by the Department
of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Homeless Management
Information System (HMIS). FYSB’s data standards within that system
are referred to as the Runaway and Homeless Youth Homeless
Management Information System (RHY-HMIS). RHY grant recipients are
required to enter their RHY-HMIS data through their local HUD’s
Continuums of Care (CoC) HMIS. Quarterly to meet the legislative
requirements, RHY grant recipients work with their HMIS Leads to
extract their data for uploading to FYSB. See sections A3 and A4
for more information about the partnership with HUD and its HMIS.
ACF has implemented changes to remove sexual orientation from the
RHY data standards in current approved information collection
requests to comply with the Defending Women from Gender Ideology
Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government
Executive Order (Defending Women EO).
US Code:
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USC 10101 Name of Law: Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2018
PL:
Pub.L. 110 - 378 RHYA Name of Law: Runaway and Homeless Youth
Act (RHYA), as reauthorized by the Reconnecting Homeless Youth Act
of 200
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form 1 RHY Funded Grantees (data submission) – FY25 & FY26
NonSub Change_EO Updates RHY_0970-0573_8.21.25.docx
RHY Funded Grantees (data submission) – FY25 & FY26