Save the date: The 2026 RTFH Conference on Homelessness will take place on December 9–10th at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront. Stay tuned for more details.
Since 2022, RTFH has led one of the only convenings of its kind—annually bringing together more than 1,200 cross-sector leaders to align systems, share what works, and accelerate solutions to homelessness.
This conference is more than an event—it is a regional platform for alignment, learning, and action.
Each year, we convene partners across sectors—including local jurisdictions, elected, service providers, healthcare, behavioral health, and community leaders—alongside national experts and individuals with lived experience. The focus is not just on sharing information, but on driving coordination and real system change. The conference includes two-day, full-scale event that includes meals, awards, and high-quality programming. This ensures that frontline staff, community-based organizations, and individuals with lived experience can participate alongside decision-makers.
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Why Sponsor?
Sponsorship is what makes this possible.
Your support directly enables:
- Affordable registration (historically $50-$75)
- Broad access for frontline workers and community-based organizations
- Scholarships for individuals with lived experience
- A space where cross-sector partners can align and take action
In return, sponsors receive:
Alignment with a trusted, outcomes-driven effort to prevent and end homelessness
High-visibility recognition across conference materials and platforms
Direct engagement with regional and national leaders
Let’s Partner
If you’re ready to join us—or would like to explore a tailored sponsorship—please reach out. We would be honored to partner with you in continuing to build a conference that drives real change in our region.
Questions about sponsorships? Please send them to lahela.mattox@rtfhsd.org
Questions about the conference? Please send them to events@rtfhsd.org
Watch the 2025 Conference Recap video by clicking on the image below.
2025 RTFH Conference on Homelessness
In 2025, RTFH convened its annual conference under the theme Harnessing the Power of Purpose, bringing together leaders, providers, policymakers, and people with lived experience at a pivotal moment for homelessness response systems. More than a standalone event, the conference served as a strategic point of alignment—grounded in data, informed by lived expertise, and focused on what is working to drive measurable progress. Discussions centered on strengthening system coordination, advancing housing-focused solutions, and reinforcing shared accountability for outcomes. Beyond the sessions, the conference deepened relationships across sectors, creating space for connection, reflection, and renewed commitment. Participants left with greater clarity on priorities, practical tools to support implementation, and a shared sense of purpose to sustain momentum and translate strategy into action across the region.
View the 2025 RTFH Conference Agenda
Watch the 2025 Conference Recap video by clicking on the image below.
Read the 2025 Conference Recap here
2024 RTFH Conference on Homelessness
RTFH hosted its third annual conference, Mindset, Motivation & Moxie: Rethinking San Diego’s Homelessness Story, on December 3rd and 4th at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront. With over 1,000 attendees representing more than 165 organizations, the event reinforced the region’s commitment to making homelessness rare, brief, and non-recurring. Building on previous successes, the conference featured engaging discussions, impactful keynotes, and peer-to-peer learning opportunities that left attendees energized and ready to implement innovative solutions. A central theme was the role of leadership, mindset, and strategy in addressing homelessness, highlighted in a conversation between Tamera Kohler and Iain De Jong. They emphasized that true leadership is not about titles but about resilience, strategic thinking, and the courage to drive change. Throughout the event, sessions challenged participants to strengthen their workforce, rethink approaches, and foster collaboration.
Grounded in lived experience and framed around The Regional Community Action Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness in San Diego, the 3rd Annual RTFH Conference brought us together in learning, discussion, and collaboration with:
• Local, State, and National Experts on Homelessness
• Local Elected Officials
• Lived Experience Experts and Advisors
• Peers and Partners
Here is the schedule for the 2024 conference: 2024 RTFH Conference Agenda
We’re thrilled to share a video recap of the event with you—an expression of our passion, our purpose, and our deep gratitude. It captures the spirit of the conference and the heart of this work, and we are honored to offer it as a reflection of what we can achieve together for our community.
Watch the 2024 Conference Recap video by clicking on the image below.
2023 RTFH Conference on Homelessness
Thank you to attendees, speakers, sponsors, and more for making the 2023 RTFH Conference on Homelessness a huge success. With over 1,000 registered attendees, over 160 organizations represented, and two packed days of learning and collaboration, “Peers, Partners, and Practices” showed that our region is all about reducing and ending homelessness. We’ll see you in 2024!
With keynote addresses by Iain De Jong and Dr. Margot Kushel, panels featuring national, state, and local leaders, San Diegans with lived experience, RTFH and CoC board members, elected officials, and frontline staff members. RTFH was honored to put together a rich conference that increased collaboration and knowledge sharing and left many participants feeling energized and reconnected to the work and each other.
Keep reading the recap the events that made the second conference one to remember by clicking here.
View 2023 RTFH Conference Agenda
2022 RTFH Conference on Homelessness
The RTFH hosted its first annual conference on homelessness November 30th and December 1st 2022. With a focus on Solutions for San Diego, the 2022 RTFH Conference on Homelessness was an opportunity to get stakeholders, people in the work, and everyone with an interest in reducing homelessness in our region together in one place. It was a full two days of learning, where we were honored to have national, state, and local leaders and experts together in support of San Diego and our goals to reduce homelessness, including:
- Ann Oliva: CEO, National Alliance to End Homelessness
- Amanda Misiko Andere: CEO, Funders Together to End Homelessness
- Iain De Jong: President & CEO, OrgCode Consulting, Inc.
- Gregg Colburn: Co-Author, “Homelessness is a Housing Problem”
- Donald Whitehead: Executive Director, National Coalition for the Homeless
- Helene Schneider: United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH)
- Keith Harris: VA Homeless Program, National Director and Senior Ex. Homeless Agent LA
- Ed Boyte: The Listening Group Founder and National Expert on Diversion
- Darlene Mathews & Michele S Williams: Principles of EIA, Nationally Recognized Experts
- Local Elected Officials
- Lived Experience Experts and Advisors
The conference will take place from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm on Wednesday, November 30th, and 8:00 am – 5:30 pm on Thursday, December 1st at the San Diego Convention Center.
Each ticket comes with full access to the two-day conference, breakout sessions, and food options, including a plated lunch on Day 2. Grounded in lived experience and racial equity, we truly believe that this conference will have a big impact on our region’s most pressing issue. We look forward to seeing you at the San Diego Convention Center to take part in this important two-day event!
