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.
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.