(Left) Matthew Heckles, regional administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and (right) Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Jake Day pose in front of a check for $2 million to support Maryland's homeless youth. Photo courtesy of Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development.
(Left) Matthew Heckles, regional administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and (right) Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Secretary Jake Day pose in front of a check for $2 million to support Maryland's homeless youth. Photo courtesy of Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development.

Maryland has received a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to better support the state’s homeless youth communities.

The Youth Homelessness Systems Improvement grant is designed to improve education, child welfare and juvenile justice. Local, state, federal, and nonprofit officials announced the grant funding on Monday.

“Everyone deserves a place to call home, especially our youth,” said Matthew Heckles, regional administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, in a statement. “I look forward to the day when there are no homeless people in America.”

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced a $51 million grant for youth homelessness on June 6 and has since then awarded grants to communities in 26 U.S. states, Puerto Rico and Guam.

To learn more about the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development’s work to end homelessness, visit dhcd.maryland.gov.

Tolu Talabi is Baltimore Fishbowl's reporting intern for summer 2024. Tolu is a junior at the University of Maryland, College Park where she studies journalism. She is currently a staff writer at The Diamondback,...