We invite you to learn how you can make a direct impact in our Tarrant County community:
https://secure.qgiv.com/for/drcgiving2024/ DRC Solutions, also known as the DRC, is a pioneer and provider of critical outreach, housing, case management, and safety-net services—programs essential to ending homelessness in Tarrant County. HISTORY
The DRC story began on a spring day in 1997 when bestselling author and former newspaper reporter Jeff Guinn stepped from a downtown bus station to spend a week living on the streets of Fort Worth. His harrowing, first-hand account of street life was published on June 8, 1997 and revealed heartbreaking gaps in help for the homeless. Guinn’s story opened eyes to the human cost of homelessness, and civic leaders responded, opening the DRC as Day Resource Center for the Homeless in 1998. PRESENT
The DRC evolved from a day shelter into an agency providing essential, evidence-based solutions that meet people experiencing homelessness wherever they are in the community. The DRC sets the stage for housing, places people out of homelessness into housing, provides ongoing follow-up case management, and satisfies unmet needs in the community. OUR MISSION
The mission of the DRC is to provide respectful, responsible, effective community-based solutions to help individuals and families emerge from homelessness as productive, healthy people. OUR VISION
The DRC envisions an end to homelessness achieved through investments that make permanent shelter a reality for all who need it. THE NEED
The need for services offered by the DRC is considerable. An estimated 2,000 people experience homelessness in Tarrant County at any point in time, yet there are approximately 1,500 emergency shelter beds in Tarrant County, leaving hundreds outside the emergency shelter system. These people shelter in cars, campsites, abandoned buildings, and other places not intended for human habitation. Housing is the solution to homelessness. When people are housed and receive ongoing case management, they are healthier, safer, easier to locate, have better outcomes with physical or mental illness or addiction treatment, and stay housed longer. Additionally, community costs are significantly decreased when people are housed. Their use of emergency services plummet when people exit the streets into a home of their own. PROGRAMS
All of the DRC’s programs approach the issue of homelessness with housing in mind. We work to prepare, place, and support individuals and families as they journey out of homelessness into a place of their own. Core programs include:
Street Outreach
Providing services to ensure unsheltered citizens have access to housing opportunities. Document Replacement
Replacing identity documents which open doors to housing, employment, and more. Housing Navigation
Working with households assigned to housing assistance programs by assisting in locating appropriate options and walking with them all the way to move-in day. Permanent Supportive Housing
Providing ongoing case management by highly-educated and experienced social workers. To learn more, visit https://drc-solutions.org.
