[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR1351.18]

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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.  1351.18  What criteria has HHS established for deciding which Runaway 

and Homeless Youth Program grant applications to fund?

    In reviewing applications for a Runaway and Homeless Youth Program 
grant, HHS takes into consideration a number of factors, including:
    (a) Whether the application meets one or more of the program's 
funding priorities; (see Sec.  1351.12)
    (b) The need for Federal support based on the number of runaway or 
otherwise homeless youth in the area in which the runaway and homeless 
youth project is or will be located;
    (c) The availability of services to runaway or otherwise homeless 
youth in the area in which the runaway and homeless youth project is 
located;
    (d) Whether there is a minimum residential capacity of four and a 
maximum residential capacity not to exceed 20 youth with a ratio of 
staff to youth sufficient to assure adequate supervision and treatment;
    (e) Plans for meeting the best interests of the youth involving, 
when possible, both the youth and the family.

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These must include contacts with the families. This contact should be 
made within 24 hours, but must be made no more than 72 hours following 
the time of the youth's admission into the runaway and homeless youth 
project. The plans must also include assuring the youth's safe return 
home or to local government officials or law enforcement officials and 
indicate efforts to provide appropriate alternative living arrangements.
    (f) Plans for the delivery of aftercare or counseling services to 
runaway or otherwise homeless youth and their families;
    (g) Whether the estimated cost to the Department for the runaway and 
homeless youth project is reasonable considering the anticipated 
results;
    (h) Whether the proposed personnel are well qualified and the 
applicant agency has adequate facilities and resources;
    (i) Whether the proposed project design, if well executed, is 
capable of attaining program objectives;
    (j) The consistency of the grant application with the provisions of 
the Act and these regulations.