Housing Support
A Home Is a Beginning. Support Can Continue.
FCS · SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
A Place to Live.
Room to Build.
Find housing, prepare for a tenancy and keep working on stability after move-in.
Ask About FCS Housing ↗Housing support is tailored to your preferences and needs.
YOUR PATH THROUGH SUPPORT
Find
Housing goals, searches and applications.
Move
Lease-up, tenant responsibilities and resources.
Stay
Skills, communication and support for a lasting tenancy.
WHAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARD
A Home You Can Maintain with the Right Support.
Your goals shape the journey. Steps can overlap or change, and progress looks different for each person.
Housing Goals Start with You
A stable home can make room for the rest of life. DHR’s Foundational Community Supports (FCS) Case Managers work with you on where you want to live, what you need from a home and the barriers in the way. The work is practical and personal, from an application that feels impossible to a conversation that could help preserve a tenancy.
Before, During and After a Move
Plan and Search
Talk through your housing preferences, resources and barriers. Support may include searching for suitable housing, gathering documents, completing applications and communicating with housing providers.
Prepare for a Tenancy
Work through the steps of lease-up, understand tenant responsibilities and connect with resources for a move. Any financial assistance has its own eligibility, approval and funding limits.
Keep Building Stability
After move-in, support can include budgeting and tenancy skills, communication with a landlord, problem-solving around a housing concern and connections to community services. The goal is a home you can maintain with the right support around you.
Housing First, in Everyday Terms
DHR’s housing policies center choice and voluntary support. Active substance use or not participating in treatment does not, by itself, exclude someone from this housing support program. We work on housing stability alongside other needs instead of requiring a person to resolve every challenge first. Program eligibility and normal tenancy requirements still apply.
Who May Qualify
FCS is an Apple Health (Medicaid) benefit for people with qualifying health needs and housing-related risk factors. Current administrator guidance includes people age 16 and older. The team helps review the required assessment and authorization; Medicaid enrollment or a housing need alone does not establish eligibility.
What the Benefit Covers
FCS pays for eligible support services. It does not itself pay rent or guarantee a housing unit. DHR can help you explore other resources, but rental assistance and available housing are separate from FCS service authorization.
Connect with the Housing Team
DHR provides FCS across Grays Harbor, Pacific, Lewis, Cowlitz, Wahkiakum, Thurston and Mason counties. Start an FCS referral for yourself or someone you support, or contact DHR for help with the first step. You can ask about housing and employment support together.
The Approach Behind the Support
Supportive housing pairs access to community housing with individualized assistance to sustain it. DHR’s Housing First and person-centered policies guide how we provide that assistance. Published research and state program guidance support the approach; they are distinct from DHR’s own housing outcomes.
Learn More About the Approach
HCA: Foundational Community Supports · Wellpoint: current eligibility · DSHS: supportive housing