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RTFH Grants and Contracts are managed through ZoomGrantsTM for subgrantees of all funding types managed by the RTFH for the HUD CoC NOFO Program, the  Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Grant Program (HHAP), and Initiatives. 

YHDP Round 8 - Request For Proposals (RFP)

Overview of YHDP Round 8

The YHDP is funded by Congress and aims to showcase how a holistic approach to serving homeless youth can significantly reduce homelessness. According to HUD, “The goal of the Youth Homeless Demonstration Program (YHDP) is to support selected communities in the development and implementation of a coordinated community approach to preventing and ending youth homelessness. This community planning approach supports the foundations outlined and will guide communities in designing solutions that match the needs in their community and sharing that experience with and mobilizing communities around the country toward the same end.

The demonstration has seven primary objectives: Prevent and End Youth Homelessness, Build national momentum, Promote inclusivity in the delivery and outcomes of homeless assistance, Highlight the importance of youth leadership, Evaluate the coordinated community approach, Expand capacity, Evaluate performance measures, Establish a framework for Federal program and Technical Assistance (TA) provider collaboration.

The population to be served by this demonstration program is youth experiencing homelessness, aged 24 and under, including unaccompanied youth and pregnant or parenting youth who are experiencing homelessness.

San Diego YHDP Round 8 Local Competition

RTFH and the Youth Action Board (YAB) are excited to announce the local competition to allocate funding from the FY23 YHDP Award. The initial grant term for funded projects will be for 2 years. After that, all YHDP funds supporting community projects are renewed via the regular CoC Competition.

Location Competition Materials

We have now posted our Local Competition Policies and Procedures. All applications and required attachments are to be submitted via an assigned Dropbox folder by Tuesday, September 2, 2025.

If interested in applying, please reach out to Kat Durant, kathryn.durant@rtfhsd.org, to request a Dropbox folder to be created for your agency.

Competition Policies and Procedures

Applications – Complete applications will only be considered if they are submitted by the deadline and include all three elements below:

  1. A fully completed application for the associated project type:
    • YHDP RRH Application
    • YHDP Joint (TH-RRH) Application
  2. General Threshold Requirements Checklist – and all attachments required under the General Threshold Requirements Checklist. (In the document menu bar, click on “file” then either “make a copy” or “download” it into your preferred format to create your editable version)
  3. YHDP Project Summary Budget –  (using the provided template – in the document menu bar, click on “file” then either “make a copy” or “download” it into your preferred format to create your own editable version)

Timeline:

  • San Diego YHDP Round 8 RFP Release – Aug 4, 2025
  • RFP Overview Webinar – Aug 7, 2025
  • YHDP Round 8 Application & required attachments due date – Sep 2, 2025
  • Projects Notified of Decisions – Sep 15, 2025
  • Deadline for YHDP Round 8 Subrecipients to Execute Agreements – Nov 1, 2025

YHDP RFP Overview Webinar

The YHDP Round 8 RFP Webinar was held on 8/7/25 – click here for the slide deck

YHDP Round 8 RFP FAQs – updated 8/29/25 – click here

San Diego YHDP Round 8 Documents

  1. Request For Proposal (RFP)
  2. Timeline
  3. New Project Application
  4. General Threshold Requirements Checklist
  5. Budget Template – updated 8/27/25
  6. Appendix A
  7. Scoring Rubric

Additional Resources:

HUD CoC Y (YHDP Round 2)

The HUD COC Y, formerly known as YHDP, awarded in conjunction with the region’s Coordinated Community Plan (CCP), will move the CoC forward in creating appropriate system capacity and full implementation of a youth coordinated entry system to identify and quickly link all homeless youth to tailored and scaled housing and services.

HUD CoC Y Subrecipients

FY 24 (12/01/25 thru 11/30/2025)

FY 24 COC Y Kick Off Webinar (Jan 22, 2026)

CoC Y Resources

FAQ’s

    • FY 24 FAQ’s (coming soon)
    • FY 23 FAQ’s 12-12-25 click here

 

  Other CoC Resources

  • CoC Program Grant Administration click here
  • CoC Program Grant Administration user Guide click here

 

RTFH SuperNOFO (SNOFO)

On October 2, 2023, RTFH issued a Super Notice of Opportunity (Super NOFO, aka SNOFO) that identified $9.1M of Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention Program (HHAP) and $4.5M of Bezos Day 1 Family Funds available to the community. RTFH identified eligible activities of the funding and priorities grounded in the Regional Community Action Plan to Prevent and Homelessness in San Diego, with the overall goal to fund projects that align with the Regional Plan and focus on access and movement toward housing for people experiencing homelessness; housing retention to reduce returns to homelessness; centering the voices of people with lived or living experience. RTFH received applications that exceeded the available funding and initiated an extensive process of meeting with applicants to review their proposals in an effort to fund as many projects as possible. Although not all projects were eligible or funded, we received overwhelming feedback that applicants appreciated the opportunity to meet with RTFH to further discuss their proposals. RTFH would like to express our deep appreciation for the time and dedication of everyone. These engaged conversations resulted in some exciting projects with the La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians and a Shared Housing Collaborative with the City of La Mesa, the City of Vista, and Townspeople.

RTFH has awarded 28 contracts, totaling $9,834,359.46, which includes 6 youth specific programs and 2 projects dedicated to people with lived or living experience. RTFH is also funding 16 providers with Resolution Strategies to assist in rapidly rehousing people experiencing homelessness, who have the means to return to permanent housing and be diverted from the homeless response system. Please see the SNOFO Awardees below.

RTFH SNOFO Award Memo FINAL – 4/9/2024

RTFH SNOFO Awardees FINAL – 4/9/2024

FAQ’s

 

Resolution Strategies

Resolution Strategies Grantees

Resolution Strategies (RS)

Diversion 

Office Hours

RS FAQ’s

Archived Information and Resources

HEAP Grantees

HEAP Grantees: Office Hours

  • HEAP Year Two Office Hours slides (11/16/2020) click here
  • HEAP Year One (10/14/2019)

RTFH SuperNOFO (SNOFO)

Office Hours / Training

Office Hours

RS FAQ’s

 

HUD CoC Y Subrecipients

The HUD COC Y, formerly known as YHDP, awarded in conjunction with the region’s Coordinated Community Plan (CCP), will move the CoC forward in creating appropriate system capacity and full implementation of a youth coordinated entry system to identify and quickly link all homeless youth to tailored and scaled housing and services.

FY 2023 GY (12/01/24 thru 11/30/2025)

  • FY23 CoC Y Kick Off Webinar (1/23/2025)  – click here
  • FY23 Notice of Subrecipient Project Submission Requirements – click here

FY 2022 GY (12/01/23 thru 11/30/24)

  • FY22 CoC Y Kick Off Webinar (11/8/23) –  click here for the video recording, click here for the slide deck
  • FY22 Notice of Subrecipient Project Submission Requirements (09/22/23) –  click here

FY 2020 GY (12/01/19 thru 11/30/22)

  • FY20 YHDP Grant Kick Off Training (11/18/21) click here for the video recording, click here for the slide deck

YHDP TA Office Hours – Housing Models

General Overview and Open Question Session – Presentation

FAQ’s

HUD CoC Y Subrecipients

FY 2022 GY (12/01/23 thru 11/30/24)

  • FY22 CoC Y Kick Off Webinar (11/8/23) –  click here for the video recording, click here for the slide deck
  • FY22 Notice of Subrecipient Project Submission Requirements (09/22/23) –  click here

FY 2020 GY (12/01/19 thru 11/30/22)

FY20 YHDP Grant Kick Off Training (11/18/21) click here for the video recording, click here for the slide deck

YHDP Grant Recipient Resources

YDHP Applicant Process

YHDP TA Office Hours – Housing Models

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