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King County Human Services Bus Ticket Program

The Human Services Bus Ticket Program (HSBTP) provides subsidized bus tickets to eligible human service agencies serving persons who are experiencing homelessness and/or have 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 (DCHS). Agencies awarded an allocation pay approximately 10 percent of the value of the tickets, with King County Metro covering the remaining 90 percent of the ticket value.

Program Documents

Human Services Bus Ticket Order Form

Lost/Stolen Bus Ticket Report Form 

Client-level Usage Log Template - Print Version

Client-level Usage Log Template - Fillable Version

Metro's Authorized Signature List is available in ZoomGrants, under the 'Other Submissions' tab

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.

RFP awards

Organization Name

Allocation Awarded

Ticket Face Value

Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services

$ 350

$ 3,500

Africa Town Community Land and Trust - Benu Community Home

$ 2,000

$ 20,000

African Community Housing & Development

$ 900

$ 9,000

Alajawan Brown Foundation dba Alajawan's Hands

$ 43

$ 430

Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Employment for Women

$ 748

$ 7,480

Asian Counseling and Referral Service

$ 700

$ 7,000

Atlantic Street Center

$ 580

$ 5,800

Attain Housing

$ 200

$ 2,000

Aurora Commons

$ 1,430

$ 14,300

Ballard Food Bank

$ 500

$ 5,000

Bellevue College

$ 500

$ 5,000

Bellevue Fire Department/ City of Bellevue

$ 55

$ 550

Bethany Presbyterian Church

$ 100

$ 1,000

Boys & Girls Clubs of King County

$ 400

$ 4,000

Bread of Life Mission

$ 4,000

$ 40,000

Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation

$ 2,000

$ 20,000

Casa Latina

$ 650

$ 6,500

Catholic Community Services of King County

$ 1,650

$ 16,500

Chief Seattle Club

$ 8,580

$ 85,800

Child Care Resources

$ 120

$ 1,200

Childhaven (FKA Renton Area Youth & Family Services)

$ 223

$ 2,230

City of Issaquah

$ 138

$ 1,380

ColumbiaCare Services, Inc.

$ 1,000

$ 10,000

Communities of Rooted Brilliance

$ 500

$ 5,000

Community House Mental Health Agency

$ 400

$ 4,000

Community Roots Housing

$ 1,200

$ 12,000

Congolese Integration Network

$ 400

$ 4,000

Congregations For The Homeless

$ 8,500

$ 85,000

DAWN

$ 100

$ 1,000

Department of Veteran Affairs- Social Work Services

$ 3,500

$ 35,000

Downtown Emergency Service Center

$ 9,193

$ 91,930

El Centro de la Raza

$ 577

$ 5,770

Elizabeth Gregory Home

$ 1,600

$ 16,000

Entre Hermanos

$ 600

$ 6,000

Eritrean Association in Greater Seattle

$ 3,900

$ 39,000

Evergreen Recovery Centers-King County PCAP

$ 165

$ 1,650

FareStart

$ 2,000

$ 20,000

Fauntleroy Church United Church of Christ

$ 1,600

$ 16,000

Federal Way Community Caregiving Network

$ 275

$ 2,750

Friends of Youth

$ 1,095

$ 10,950

GLSEN Washington

$ 20

$ 200

H.O.P.E Center Resources

$ 100

$ 1,000

Harborview Abuse & Trauma Center

$ 360

$ 3,600

Harborview Medical Center - Medical Respite

$ 1,000

$ 10,000

HERO HOUSE NW

$ 600

$ 6,000

Hopelink

$ 1,521

$ 15,210

House of Mercy

$ 500

$ 5,000

Imagine Housing

$ 1,000

$ 10,000

International Community Health Services

$ 138

$ 1,380

International Rescue Committee

$ 5,000

$ 50,000

Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank

$ 1,000

$ 10,000

Jubilee Women's Center

$ 800

$ 8,000

Juma Ventures

$ 1,000

$ 10,000

Kent Municipal Court - Probation Department

$ 50

$ 500

Kent School District

$ 1,120

$ 11,200

Key Recovery & Life Skills Center

$ 750

$ 7,500

Kindering

$ 250

$ 2,500

King County DCHS (Employment Navigation)

$ 1,000

$ 10,000

King County Department of Public Defense

$ 98

$ 980

King County District Court - Therapeutic Courts

$ 1,500

$ 15,000

Lake City Partners Ending Homelessness

$ 5,000

$ 50,000

Lifelong

$ 1,000

$ 10,000

Low Income Housing Institute

$ 3,500

$ 35,000

Lutheran Community Services Northwest

$ 7,000

$ 70,000

Maple Valley Food Bank & Emergency Services

$ 495

$ 4,950

Mary's Place

$ 21,500

$ 215,000

Mercy Housing Northwest

$ 300

$ 3,000

Millionair Club Inc dba Uplift Northwest

$ 500

$ 5,000

Mt. Baker Housing Association

$ 1,800

$ 18,000

Navos

$ 500

$ 5,000

Neighborhood House

$ 1,650

$ 16,500

New Beginnings

$ 150

$ 1,500

New Horizons

$ 1,500

$ 15,000

Nickelsville

$ 40,000

$ 400,000

Northwest Education Access (formerly Seattle Education Access)

$ 3,003

$ 30,030

Nurse Family Partnership - King County Public Health

$ 300

$ 3,000

Organization for Prostitution Survivors

$ 40

$ 400

Path with Art

$ 160

$ 1,600

Peer Washington

$ 1,100

$ 11,000

People's Harm Reduction Alliance

$ 94

$ 940

Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church

$ 600

$ 6,000

PHSKC, Downtown Family Health Clinic

$ 165

$ 1,650

Pike Market Senior Center- Downtown Food Bank

$ 800

$ 8,000

Pioneer Square Clinic/HMC

$ 110

$ 1,100

Plymouth Healing Communities

$ 400

$ 4,000

Plymouth Housing

$ 2,000

$ 20,000

POCAAN

$ 3,000

$ 30,000

Public Health - Seattle & King County - Jail Health Services

$ 1,000

$ 10,000

Public Health Seattle King County, Community Health Services

$ 2,500

$ 25,000

Puget Sound OIC dba Puget Sound Training

$ 400

$ 4,000

Queen Anne Helpline

$ 750

$ 7,500

Rainier Valley Food Bank

$ 2,500

$ 25,000

Real Change

$ 700

$ 7,000

Real Escape from the Sex Trade

$ 250

$ 2,500

Recovery Café

$ 4,700

$ 47,000

Refugee Resettlement Office

$ 1,000

$ 10,000

Refugee Women's Alliance

$ 250

$ 2,500

Renton Ecumenical Association of Churches

$ 1,000

$ 10,000

Riverton Park United Methodist Church

$ 2,000

$ 20,000

ROOTS Young Adult Shelter

$ 1,750

$ 17,500

Safe Futures Youth Center

$ 20,000

$ 200,000

Sea Mar Community Health Centers

$ 1,500

$ 15,000

Seattle Conservation Corps

$ 600

$ 6,000

Seattle Homeless Outreach

$ 2,750

$ 27,500

Seattle Housing And Resource Effort

$ 90,000

$ 900,000

Seattle Housing Authority

$ 495

$ 4,950

Seattle Indian Center

$ 5,000

$ 50,000

Seattle Indian Health Board

$ 8,000

$ 80,000

Seattle Municipal Court

$ 3,015

$ 30,150

Seattle Public Library

$ 100

$ 1,000

Seattle Repertory Theatre

$ 200

$ 2,000

Seattle's Union Gospel Mission

$ 605

$ 6,050

Shoreline Community Care

$ 110

$ 1,100

Snoqualmie Valley Shelter Services

$ 634

$ 6,340

Solid Ground

$ 1,262

$ 12,620

Solid Ground's Regional Access Point (RAP)

$ 20

$ 200

Sound

$ 2,000

$ 20,000

South Correctional Entity

$ 500

$ 5,000

South Seattle College TRIO Programs

$ 1,200

$ 12,000

Southwest Youth and Family Services

$ 1,000

$ 10,000

St. Vincent de Paul of Seattle/King County

$ 3,000

$ 30,000

Teen Feed

$ 900

$ 9,000

The Salvation Army Northwest

$ 1,000

$ 10,000

The Sophia Way

$ 9,000

$ 90,000

Totem Star

$ 1,000

$ 10,000

University District Food Bank

$ 1,000

$ 10,000

Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle

$ 2,500

$ 25,000

UW Upward Bound Seattle

$ 1,020

$ 10,200

Valley Cities Counseling and Consultation

$ 1,000

$ 10,000

Vashon Youth & Family Services

$ 500

$ 5,000

Vine Maple Place

$ 1,000

$ 10,000

Virginia Mason Medical Center dba Bailey-Boushay House

$ 3,330

$ 33,300

Volunteer Services/Catholic Community Services of King County

$ 10,000

$ 100,000

Washington State Department of Corrections

$ 55

$ 550

Washington State Department of Corrections - Seattle Community Justice Center

$ 6,000

$ 60,000

Weld Seattle

$ 20,000

$ 200,000

Wellspring Family Services

$ 358

$ 3,580

West Seattle Food Bank

$ 4,000

$ 40,000

World Relief Seattle

$ 1,000

$ 10,000

YMCA of Greater Seattle

$ 200

$ 2,000

YouthCare

$ 6,000

$ 60,000

YWCA of Seattle King and Snohomish County

$ 10,000

$ 100,000

YWCA RAP

$ 450

$ 4,500

Total

$ 418,500

$ 4,180,500

Looking for services?

Looking for services?

  • Contact the Resource Access Team to connect with services that include bridging short-term financial gaps.  
  • Call 2-1-1 or 1-800-621-4636, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. for a range of health and human services, from finding an emergency shelter to adult disability supports. Immediate language interpretation is available in more than 155 languages.  
  • Dial 7-1-1 for interpretation and accessibility services. A person with a hearing loss or speech disability will be connected with a Communication Assistant to help.  
  • Contact a Regional Access Point if you are living outside and need help finding a long-term housing solution. 
  • Keep King County Housed is a rent assistance and eviction program for renters who need help covering past-due rent and/or have an active eviction notice.  
  • If you are facing eviction, the Housing Justice Project provides free legal assistance to renters facing eviction in King County. 
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