
King County Human Services Bus Ticket Program
Housing, Homelessness and Community Development Division
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
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
2021 Program Year Awards
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 |
Program Documents
Human Services Bus Ticket Order Form
Lost/Stolen Bus Ticket Report Form
Client-level Usage Log Template
Metro's Authorized Signature List is available in ZoomGrants, under the 'Other Submissions' tab
Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS)
401 5th Ave., Suite 500
Seattle, WA 98104
Office Hours: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.