Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program
Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program
The Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program (YHDP) supports nonprofit agencies that provide homelessness prevention and assistance services to New Mexico’s youth. The Governmental Services Agreement is funded by a state-funds appropriation through an agreement between New Mexico Health Care Authority and Housing New Mexico. Housing New Mexico partners with the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness to provide funding through this program to agencies in the northern part of the state. The program’s goal is to enhance the array of services for youth and young adults experiencing homelessness throughout Northern New Mexico by expanding and creating access to the following types of housing and housing-support services within 30 days from an initial request:
- Crisis Residential/Transitional Housing
- Rapid Re-Housing
- Host Homes and Shared Housing
- Permanent Supportive Housing
- Assistance with Family Reunification
- Case Management
- Transportation
Who is Eligible?
Communities awarded funds under YHDP can serve unaccompanied youth up to the age of 24, including pregnant and parenting youth, who meet Category 1, 2, OR 4 of homelessness in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Final Definition of Homeless:
Category 1: Literally homeless
Category 2: About to be homeless
Category 4: Fleeing domestic violence
There is no income limit or requirement for this program.
Funded Organizations
New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness
Serves the coordinated entry point for any youth experiencing homelessness in New Mexico.
Veroaylin Campos, Program Manager
505-982-9000
Veroaylin-c@nmceh.org
https://www.nmceh.org/
DreamTree Project, Inc.
Serving Colfax, Harding, Mora, Quay, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Taos and Union Counties
Catherine Hummel, Executive Director
575-758-9595
catherine@dreamtreeproject.org
https://www.dreamtreeproject.org/
San Juan Safe Communities
Serving San Juan County
Traci Neff, Program Director
505-419-8939
tracineff@gmail.com
https://www.sjsci.org/
Youth Shelters and Family Services
Serving Cibola, Los Alamos, McKinley, Sandoval Counties and Santa Fe Counties
Yvette Martinez, Program Director
505-690-0491
ymartinez@youthshelters.org
https://youthshelters.org/
Funding Source
This is a match fund awarded by the State of New Mexico.
