Business

The Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) is responsible for delivering, either directly or through community-based contracts, a wide variety of housing and human services for King County's most vulnerable and at-risk residents. The department contracts out about 80 percent of its annual budget to community agencies.

DCHS funding opportunities and request for proposal (RFP) information

DCHS often uses a RFP process to select vendors or providers of services. Open opportunities for contracting with DCHS are advertised through RFPs.  Find out more.

Reduced Fare Bus Ticket Program

DCHS manages the Reduced Fare Bus Ticket Program to provide homeless and low-income clients of human service agencies with bus transportation. The program primarily serves agencies located in King County, outside the City of Seattle. Find out more.

Undoing Institutional Racism (UIR) Work Group

UIR is a multi-cultural, multi-racial work group of DCHS that brings people together each month to identify and address practices and policies in society and within the workplace that afford privilege to whites over people of color. Find out more.