Health Through Housing is an initiative to rapidly acquire up to 1,600 units of affordable housing for residents experiencing, or at risk of, chronic homelessness while reducing racial-ethnic disproportionality. We’ve acquired nearly 1,000 units for at-risk and chronically homeless residents—housing that is dignified, connected, and service-enriched. The initiative reached a new milestone last month when … Continue reading Health Through Housing to Bring More Housing to the Region in the Coming Months
King County Processing Remaining EPRAP Applications and Conducting Audit of Payments
Leo Flor, Director of the Department of Community and Human Services Since 2020, the Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) and a broad coalition of community organizations have distributed $318.5 million in payments to thousands of households across King County as part of the Eviction Prevention and Rent Assistance Program (EPRAP). The size and growth … Continue reading King County Processing Remaining EPRAP Applications and Conducting Audit of Payments
Funding Opportunity: $1.3M for Expanded Behavioral Health Services in Rural King County – DUE DATE EXTENDED TO MAY 12
The King County Department of Community and Human Services’ (DCHS) Behavioral Health and Recovery Division (BHRD) is pleased to release this Request for Application. Up to $1,300,000 of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds are available to expand access and utilization of behavioral health services in rural unincorporated areas of King County.
Funding Opportunity: $600K for Rural Youth Suicide Prevention and Peer Services
The King County Department of Community and Human Services’ (DCHS) Behavioral Health and Recovery Division (BHRD) is pleased to release this Request for Applications. Up to $600,000 is available through ARPA funding to respond to community-identified needs for youth suicide prevention training and peer behavioral health services in rural, unincorporated King County.
EPRAP continues to make a difference in communities across King County, take a look at the numbers
Over the course of the pandemic, King County helped tens of thousands of renters avoid eviction and stay in their homes with our Eviction Prevention and Rent Assistance Program (EPRAP). Since its inception, the program paid $298 million in payments to 33,482 households. As of today, 6,228 households are assigned to a provider to complete … Continue reading EPRAP continues to make a difference in communities across King County, take a look at the numbers
Looking back: Supporting King County’s communities in 2021
Last year, 2021, was a busy year in the Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS). Staff and community partners launched a new program to help house homeless veterans, provided a safe place to isolate and quarantine from COVID-19, moved residents into the first Health Through Housing Hotel, ran two mass vaccination sites, provided rent … Continue reading Looking back: Supporting King County’s communities in 2021