The Department of Commerce seeks applications from organizations interested in providing diversion services to people in their communities who are at risk of homelessness or recently homeless during state fiscal years 2025 – 2027.
Donor Name: Washington State Department of Commerce
State: Washington
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline:Homelessness 04/10/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
A homelessness Diversion Program provides low barrier, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive services and is designed to help individuals and families at risk of homelessness by providing support and alternatives to emergency shelter placements if and when possible. The program assists people facing eviction, living in unsafe or overcrowded conditions, or experiencing housing crises due to financial hardship, health issues, or other circumstances.
Funding Information
Funding for the Homeless Diversion Program comes from state general funds and Commerce is anticipating a total budget of $2 million for the 2025-2027 state biennium. Commerce estimates awarding between 5-7 grants with an average award of $140,000 for each fiscal year.
Grant Period
The grant period is tentatively scheduled to begin on or about 07/01/2025 and to end on 06/30/2027. Commerce reserves the option at its sole discretion to extend the grant for two additional one-year periods.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications, which include:
- Licensed to do business in Washington or submit a statement of commitment that it will become licensed in Washington within thirty (30) calendar days of being selected.
- Be a nonprofit organization or Tribal government.
- Have at least 1 year of experience in serving individuals and families experiencing homelessness, or imminently homeless or at risk of homelessness.
- Provide services to one or more of the following groups or communities that have a demonstrated disproportionate representation in homelessness, housing instability and housing affordability:
- Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), including people identified as socially disadvantaged as defined in 13 CFR Sec. 124.103.
- People with disabilities
- People who are deaf
- People with behavioral health conditions, including substance use disorder
- People who identify as LGBTQIA+
- Survivors of family violence and/or intimate partner violence
- Incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals
- Undocumented individuals, immigrants and refugees, and mixed-immigration status families and communities.
- Applications which do not clearly meet or exceed these minimum qualifications will be rejected as non-responsive and will not receive further consideration. Any Application that is rejected as non-responsive will not be evaluated or scored.
For more information, visit WSDC.
