FY 2020 Homeless Youth Shelter Beds, Transitional Housing and Extended Transitional Housing Programs

In accordance with HSRA, DHS is authorized to provide funding to establish sixty (60) shelter beds, fifty (50) transitional housing beds and fifty (50) extended transitional housing beds in the District. The District seeks to expand the availability of youth-friendly shelter beds, transitional housing, extended transitional housing and homeless services to youth ages eighteen (18) through twenty-four (24) facing housing crises and in need of services and resources to enable them to grow and move toward stability and self-sufficiency.

Applications must demonstrate their intent and ability to leverage non-governmental assets; coordinate with other organizations in the homeless services Continuum of Care; and demonstrate a culturally competent, youth centric plan to support and facilitate transitions into adulthood.

• Youth between the ages of 18 and 24 who are economically or emotionally detached from their families and lack an adequate or fixed residence, including youth who are unstably housed, living in doubled up circumstances, in transitional housing, in shelter, or on the street. 
• This excludes youth who are in the physical or legal custody of the District; 
• Youth who are fleeing a situation of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and/or stalking.

Program Scopes can be found starting at https://opgs.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/opgs/publication/attachments/FY%2020%20DHS%20SHELTER%20%20BEDS%2C%20TRANSITIONAL%20HOUSING%20AND%20EXTENDED%20TRANSITIONAL%20HOUSING%20RFA.pdf#page=13.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Eligibility Criteria" for clarification)