King County Human Services Bus Ticket Program

The Human Services Bus Ticket Program provides subsidized bus tickets to eligible human service agencies serving persons who are homeless and/or low income.

Agencies can apply for the program through an annual Request for Proposal (RFP) process administered by the Department of Community and Human Services. Starting in program year 2017, awarded agencies pay 10 percent of the value of the tickets, with King County Metro covering the remaining 90 percent of the ticket value.

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Human Services Bus Ticket Program

hs.busticketprogram@kingcounty.gov

Using ZoomGrants

We use ZoomGrants, to accept applications for the HSBTP's annual request for proposals (RFP).

Awarded agencies also use ZoomGrants throughout the program year to submit required post-award documents and reports.

Access the ZoomGrants login portal. For technical assistance, contact ZoomGrants TechSupport by email (questions@zoomgrants.com) or through their website.

2021 Awards

The 2020 RFP for the 2021 Human Services Bus Ticket Program closed on November 25, 2020

Organization Name	2021 Award Amount
African Community Housing & Development	$900
Alliance of People with disAbilities	$187
Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Employment for Women	$1,000
Asian Counseling and Referral Service	$1,992
Atlantic Street Center	$580
Bailey-Boushay House	$830
Bellevue College	$500
Boys & Girls Clubs of King County	$400
Bread of Life Mission	$4,000
Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation	$1,000
Byrd Barr Place	$375
Camp Unity Eastside	$2,200
Career Education Options@Shoreline Community College	$1,000
Casa Latina	$3,500
Catholic Community Services of King County	$7,893
Chief Seattle Club	$7,260
City of Bellevue Probation	$75
City of Issaquah	$450
Coalition for Refugees for Burma	$500
Communities In Schools of Renton-Tukwila	$100
Community Roots Housing	$800
Compass Housing Alliance	$1,000
Congolese Injtegration Network	$400
Congregations for the Homeless	$8,500
Cowlitz Indian Tribe Health and Human Services Seattle	$1,000
DAWN	$100
Downtown Emergency Service Center	$7,990
El Centro de la Raza	$700
Elizabeth Gregory Home	$1,600
Entre Hermanos	$600
Eritrean Association in Greater Seattle	$1,715
Evergreen Recovery Centers-Parent Child Assist. Program King County	$110
Evergreen Services - REACH Program	$6,500
Fauntleroy Church United Church of Christ	$1,600
Friends of Youth	$1,260
GOD'S Providing Hands & Services ll	$14
H.O.P.E. Center Resources	$1,000
Harborview Center for Sexual Assault & Traumatic Stress	$360
Harborview Medical Center-Medical Respite	$1,000
Hero House NW	$500
Highline Public Schools	$181
Hopelink	$275
Imagine Housing	$1,000
International Rescue Committee	$3,000
Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank	$500
Jail Health Services - Public Health Seattle & King County	$1,000
Juma Ventures	$1,000
Kent Lutheran Church	$275
Kent Municipal Court - Probation Department	$100
Kindering	$110
King Co. Adult and Juvenile Det/Community Corrections Division	$500
King County Department of Public Defense	$60
King County District Court - Therapeutic Courts	$3,500
King County Youth Employment and Education Resources	$200
Lake City Partners Ending Homelessness	$8,888
Lifelong	$870
LifeWire	$500
Literacy Source	$413
Low Income Housing Institute	$3,500
Maple Valley Food Bank	$495
Mary's Place	$40,555
Mercy Housing Northwest	$2,200
Millionair Club Inc. DBA Uplift Northwest	$500
Mt. Baker Housing Association	$1,800
Navos	$500
Neighborhood House	$1,650
New Beginnings	$350
New Horizons	$1,500
Nickelsville	$40,000
Northwest Education Access (formerly Seattle Education Access)	$2,500
Operation Nightwatch	$1,950
Peer Washington	$1,100
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church	$600
Pike Market Senior Center- Downtown Food Bank	$600
Pioneer Square Clinic/HMC	$110
Plymouth Healing Communities	$200
Plymouth Housing	$2,000
POCAAN	$3,000
Progress Pushers	$110
Public Health Seattle King County, Community Health Services	$2,500
Puget Sound OIC dba Puget Sound Training Center	$400
Queen Anne Helpline	$900
Rainier Valley Food Bank	$200
RAP- CCS	$11,000
RAP MSC	$1,500
RAP YWCA	$4,500
Real Change	$500
Real Escape from the Sex Trade (REST)	$3,936
Recovery Cafe	$3,300
Refugee Resettlement Office	$1,000
Refugee Women's Alliance	$450
Riverton Park United Methodist Church	$2,000
ROOTS Young Adult Shelter	$1,750
Sanctuary Art Center	$80
Sea Mar Community Health Centers	$1,500
Seadrunar	$600
Seattle Conservation Corps	$600
Seattle Goodwill Industries	$1,350
Seattle Housing And Resource Effort	$75,000
Seattle Housing Authority	$660
Seattle Indian Center	$2,000
Seattle Indian Health Board	$8,000
Seattle Municipal Court	$2,575
Seattle's Union Gospel Mission	$605
Shoreline Community Care	$138
Snoqualmie Valley Shelter Services	$750
Solid Ground WA	$3,662
Solid Ground WA - North RAP	$20
Sound	$2,000
South Correctional Entity	$500
South Seattle College TRIO Programs	$1,200
St. Francis House	$660
St. Paul's Episcopal Church	$66
St. Vincent de Paul of Seattle/King County	$3,000
Street Youth Ministries	$800
Teen Feed Service Links for Youth, 4740 University Way NE, 98105	$900
The Organization for Prostitution Survivors	$400
The Salvation Army, a California corporation	$2,700
The Seattle Public Library	$1,000
The Sophia Way	$12,000
Therapeutic Health Services	$200
Totem Star	$500
United Indians/Labateyah Bridge Housing	$520
University District Food Bank	$100
Urban League of Metropolitan/Seattle	$1,650
UW Upward Bound Seattle	$1,088
Valley Cities Counseling and Consultation	$1,000
Vashon Youth & Family Services	$700
Villa Comunitaria	$400
Vision House	$500
Washington Department of Veteran Affairs	$1,500
WA State Dept. of Corrections - Health Services Housing Program	$187
WA State Dept. of Corrections - Seattle Community Justice Center	$10,000
Weld Seattle	$1,000
West African Community Council	$1,100
West Seattle Food Bank	$2,000
Woodland Park Presbyterian Church	$400
World Relief Seattle	$750
Year Up Puget Sound	$1,300
YouthCare	$600
YWCA King County	$25,631