California Runaway and Homeless Youth Grantees

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California Deploys Millions Across Dozens of Local Networks to Tackle Youth Homelessness

Funding allocations span multiple community organizations and local agencies across California. These funding allocations span multiple program categories—including the Basic Center Program, Transitional Living Program, Street Outreach Program, Maternity Group Home Program, and Prevention Demonstration Program—with grant cycles running from 2023 through 2029.

In Northern California, agencies such as Redwood Community Action Agency in Eureka and Wind Youth Services in Sacramento provide frontline emergency beds and transitional housing. Meanwhile, organizations like Larkin Street Youth Services in San Francisco and Volunteers of America of Los Angeles coordinate massive regional efforts that span emergency drop-in centers, street outreach, and long-term transitional living apartments.

Detailed Regional Grant Windows and Program Structures

The distribution of awards varies by geography and operational focus, reflecting the needs of urban centers like Los Angeles and rural regions like Mendocino County.

Basic Center Program Allocations

  • Huckleberry Youth Programs (San Francisco, CA) — Grant Period: 2024 — 2027
  • Interface Community (Camarillo, CA) — Grant Period: 2024 — 2027
  • New Morning Youth and Family Services (Placerville, CA) — Grant Period: 2024 — 2027
  • Wind Youth Services (Sacramento, CA) — Grant Period: 2024 — 2027
  • 1736 Family Crisis Center (Los Angeles, CA) — Grant Period: 2023 — 2026
  • Bill Wilson Center (Santa Clara, CA) — Grant Period: 2023 — 2026
  • Casa Youth Shelter (Los Alamitos, CA) — Grant Period: 2023 — 2026
  • Center for Human Services (Modesto, CA) — Grant Period: 2023 — 2026
  • Community Service Programs, Inc. / Waymakers (Irvine, CA) — Grant Period: 2023 — 2026
  • Family Assistance Program (Victorville, CA) — Grant Period: 2023 — 2026
  • Growing Outreach Growing Opportunities (Barstow, CA) — Grant Period: 2023 — 2026
  • Mendocino County Youth Project (Ukiah, CA) — Grant Period: 2023 — 2026
  • Northern California Family Center (Martinez, CA) — Grant Period: 2023 — 2026
  • Volunteers of America of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) — Grant Period: 2023 — 2026
  • Youth for Change (Chico, CA) — Grant Period: 2023 — 2026
  • Channel Islands YMCA (Carpinteria, CA) — Grant Period: 2025 — 2028
  • Family Assistance Program (Victorville, CA) — Grant Period: 2025 — 2028
  • Larkin Street Youth Services (San Francisco, CA) — Grant Period: 2025 — 2028
  • Redwood Community Action Agency (Eureka, CA) — Grant Period: 2025 — 2028
  • Volunteers of America of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) — Grant Period: 2025 — 2028
  • Prevail CA (Stockton, CA) — Grant Period: 2025 — 2028
  • Growing Outreach Growing Opportunities (Barstow, CA) — Grant Period: 2025 — 2028
  • Catholic Charities of Northwest California (Santa Rosa, CA) — Grant Period: 2025 — 2028

Maternity Group Home Program

  • Home Start, Inc. (San Diego, CA) — Grant Period: 2024 — 2029 (home-start.org)
  • Sanctuary of Hope (Los Angeles, CA) — Grant Period: 2024 — 2029 (thesoh.org)
  • Volunteers of America of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) — Grant Period: 2024 — 2029 (voala.org)
  • Safe Place for Youth, Inc. (Venice, CA) — Grant Period: 2025 — 2028
  • San Diego Youth Services (San Diego, CA) — Grant Period: 2025 — 2028
  • Waking the Village (Sacramento, CA) — Grant Period: 2025 — 2028 (wakingthevillage.org)

Prevention Demonstration Program

  • Larkin Street Youth Services (San Francisco, CA) — Grant Period: 2024 — 2027 (larkinstreetyouth.org)
  • YMCA of San Diego County (San Diego, CA) — Grant Period: 2024 — 2027 (ymcasd.org)

Transitional Living Program

  • County of Contra Costa (Concord, CA) — Grant Period: 2024 — 2029 (contracosta.ca.gov)
  • Inspire Together (San Pedro, CA) — Grant Period: 2024 — 2029 (inspire2together.com)
  • Operation SafeHouse (Riverside, CA) — Grant Period: 2024 — 2029 (operationsafehouse.org)
  • Redwood Community Action Agency (Eureka, CA) — Grant Period: 2024 — 2029 (rcaa.org)
  • Tahoe Youth & Family Services (South Lake Tahoe, CA) — Grant Period: 2024 — 2029 (tahoeyouth.org)
  • Volunteers of America of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) — Grant Period: 2024 — 2029 (voala.org)
  • YMCA of San Diego County (San Diego, CA) — Grant Period: 2024 — 2029 (ymcasd.org)
  • Channel Islands YMCA (Santa Barbara, CA) — Grant Period: 2025 — 2028
  • Larkin Street Youth Services (San Francisco, CA) — Grant Period: 2025 — 2028
  • Operation SafeHouse (Riverside, CA) — Grant Period: 2025 — 2028
  • Volunteers of America of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) — Grant Period: 2025 — 2028
  • Waking the Village (Sacramento, CA) — Grant Period: 2025 — 2028
  • YMCA of San Diego County (San Diego, CA) — Grant Period: 2025 — 2028
  • Prevail CA (Stockton, CA) — Grant Period: 2025 — 2028
  • Growing Outreach Growing Opportunities (Barstow, CA) — Grant Period: 2025 — 2028 (gogobarstow.org)
  • Casa De Amparo (San Marcos, CA) — Grant Period: 2025 — 2028

Street Outreach Program

  • Family Assistance Program (Victorville, CA) — Grant Period: 2024 — 2027 (familyassist.org)
  • Interface Community (Camarillo, CA) — Grant Period: 2024 — 2027 (icfs.org)
  • StandUp for Kids (Costa Mesa, CA) — Grant Period: 2024 — 2027 (standupforkids.org)
  • Volunteers of America of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) — Grant Period: 2024 — 2027 (voala.org)
  • Covenant House California (Los Angeles, CA) — Grant Period: 2023 — 2026 (covenanthousecalifornia.org)
  • Larkin Street Youth Services (San Francisco, CA) — Grant Period: 2023 — 2026 (larkinstreetyouth.org)
  • Operation Safe House, Inc. (Riverside, CA) — Grant Period: 2023 — 2026 (operationsafehouse.org)
  • Volunteers of America of Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) — Grant Period: 2023 — 2026 (voala.org)
  • YMCA of San Diego County (San Diego, CA) — Grant Period: 2023 — 2026 (ymcasd.org)
  • Young Visionaries Youth Leadership Academy (San Bernardino, CA) — Grant Period: 2023 — 2026 (yvyla-ie.org)
  • Individuals, Now (Santa Rosa, CA) — Grant Period: 2023 — 2026

Hotlines and emergency contacts remain active across the state for youth in immediate crisis. Services include the 24-hour Larkin Street Youth Services hotline at (800) 669-6196 or (415) 673-0911, Redwood Community Action Agency’s crisis line at (707) 444-2273, Operation SafeHouse in Riverside at (951) 351-4418, and Safe Place for Youth in Venice at (310) 902-2283.

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