Laredo, Texas – On Monday, October 21^st, Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) presented a total of $446,883 in federal funds to Serving Children and Adults in Need, Inc. (SCAN), non-profit organization that advocates for healthy development of families along the Texas-Mexico border.

These funds were awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families through its Basic Center Program (BCP) and will be used to sustain SCAN’s current runaway and homeless youth program for the next three years.

“With these funds, SCAN will be able to maintain a quality operational facility to utilize the services of the program to its full potential,” said Congressman Cuellar. “This organization has devoted its efforts to provide children and families along the border with the assistance they require to get off the street and into a safe and beneficial environment.”

The Runaway and Homeless Youth Program (RHY) provide services to both male and female youths under the age of 18 in Laredo, Texas and Webb County. The program offers a 24-hour emergency shelter for up to 21 days in order to treat the immediate and overall physical and psychological needs of the child and/or family.

(Featured from Left to Right: SCAN Vice President, Dr. Christopher Craddock, CEO Isela S. Dabdoub, and Congressman Henry Cuellar)

“SCAN has been fortunate to receive funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Family and Youth Services Bureau since September 1992,” said Isela S. Dabdoub, CEO, Serving Children and Adults in Need, Inc. “We are extremely happy to once again have been funded to continue serving youth who run away from home, are asked to leave their homes or become homeless. This funding supports street outreach services and emergency youth shelter to serve and protect these youth.”

Ultimately, SCAN’s proposed mission for this program is to utilize a positive youth development framework by conducting runaway and homeless youth community-wide prevention through street-based outreach, as well as, conduct aftercare and follow-up services to those who have participated in the program to increase stability and positive outcomes.

 

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 Congressman Henry Cuellar is a member of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, Vice Chairman of the House Steering and Policy Committee, Senior Whip, and member of the Blue Dog Coalition. Previously, he served as a Texas State Representative and Texas Secretary of State.

 

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