Ruby's Place

Ruby's Place, doing business as Restorative Pathways, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Castro Valley, California, that operates as a federal grant recipient delivering trauma-informed housing, victim services, and supportive services to survivors of domestic violence, human trafficking, sexual assault, homelessness, and related crises. The organization acts as a prime recipient on 61% of its federal grant awards and as a sub-recipient on 39%, with no federal contracts in its footprint—its federal footprint consists entirely of grants and cooperative agreements from victim-services and housing programs.

Ruby's Place receives federal funding primarily from two agencies accounting for 96% of award volume. The Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime has awarded 27 grants, while the Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development has awarded 14 grants. The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women, and smaller funding from HHS Administration for Children and Families round out the customer base. The organization has received over $51.5 million obligated across 54 awards since 2016.

As a prime recipient, Ruby's Place delivers services under federal grant programs including the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267), Services for Trafficking Victims (CFDA 16.320), Crime Victim Assistance/Discretionary Grants (CFDA 16.582), Transitional Housing Assistance for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking (CFDA 16.736), and residential services for unaccompanied children through the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Representative prime awards include a $1.538 million HUD Continuum of Care Project Grant obligated in June 2026 providing permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, and transitional housing with supportive services through May 2027; a $999,945 Department of Justice Cooperative Agreement under the Crime Victim Assistance program effective October 2025 through September 2028 funding trauma-informed services addressing technology-facilitated abuse; a $1.2 million Department of Justice Services for Trafficking Victims award in October 2024 providing short-term housing assistance for trafficking victims with completion in September 2027; a $949,998 Department of Justice award in October 2024 for the Youth Human Trafficking Prevention Program targeting 150 male minor trafficking victims through September 2027; and a $500,000 Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women grant in October 2025 funding the Casa de Ruby and Her House transitional housing project in collaboration with Family Violence Law Center and Abode Services through September 2028.

Award volume has remained stable at 10–12 grants per year over the past three years, with recent activity concentrated in October 2025–June 2026. Only two awards face ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, presenting limited recompete exposure. Ruby's Place also acts as a sub-recipient on 21 awards flowing through the California Office of Emergency Services as the prime grantee, covering victim services, domestic violence emergency shelter, rapid rehousing, and culturally responsive programming for underserved populations. The organization's sub-recipient portfolio includes awards spanning October 2023 through January 2026, with grant descriptions addressing emergency shelter expansion, permanent housing assistance, transitional services, and victim advocacy programs. The survivor-led organizational model and focus on trauma-informed, victim-centered service delivery across multiple vulnerable populations—domestic violence survivors, human trafficking victims (including emphasis on male labor-trafficking survivors and transgender women), runaway and homeless youth, and unaccompanied immigrant children—anchors its federal grant competitiveness and operational mission.