DCT+ (Direct Cash Transfer Plus)
DCT+ is the Oregon Department of Human Services' Youth Experiencing Homelessness Program (YEHP) unconditional cash-transfer pilot for young adults ages 18-24 experiencing homelessness, delivered in partnership with Point Source Youth (PSY). Verification confirms DCT+ is the SAME program previously documented in Dotare as 'Oregon Direct Cash Transfers Plus' (record 209); this record reflects the program's second cohort/expansion phase, which added a Jackson County (Medford) site to the original Multnomah, Clackamas, and Deschutes County sites (Portland, Sandy, Bend). The second 120-participant cohort receives $1,000/month for 24 months plus a one-time $3,000 enrichment fund, with the expansion partly funded by a $1 million philanthropic gift and Oregon Senate Bill 5526, alongside continuing public ODHS funding. Services are delivered through community partners including NAYA, AntFarm, JBarJ Youth Services, and Maslow Project (Jackson County). As of early 2026, the program was not accepting new applicants because the second cohort had already been selected.
Youth Homelessness, Direct Cash Transfer, Second Cohort/Expansion, Jackson County Addition, State Agency Distribution, Same Program as Record 209
Headquarters
- Organization Name
- Point Source Youth
- City
- New York
- State / Province
- New York
- Country
- United States
Contact
- Social media links
Status & Funding
- Organization status
- Active
- Program status
- Active
- Application status
- Timed
- Number of recipients
- 120
- Funding type
- Government, Philanthropic
Benefits
- Currency Type
- Fiat
- Currency
- USD
- Total Amount
- 27,000 USD
- Avg. Per Month
- 1,125 USD
- Payment frequency
- Variable
- How long the program lasts
- 24 months
- Benefit details
Second-cohort participants receive $1,000 per month in unrestricted cash for 24 months to cover rent, utilities, and other basic needs, plus a one-time $3,000 enrichment fund for security deposits, furniture, moving costs, or education/job training expenses. Cash is paired with voluntary case management, budgeting support, goal-setting, and housing navigation from DCT staff. The expansion into Jackson County (Medford) added Maslow Project as a new community-based delivery partner alongside NAYA, AntFarm, and JBarJ Youth Services. The specific payment delivery mechanism (e.g., check, direct deposit, debit card) was not confirmed in sources reviewed for this expansion phase.
Eligibility
Overview
- Eligibility details
Eligible participants are young adults ages 18-24 who were actively experiencing homelessness at program entry, in Multnomah, Clackamas, Deschutes, or Jackson County (Portland, Sandy, Bend, or Medford). Enrollment occurs through community partner organizations already serving homeless youth in those counties. The program is administered under ODHS's Youth Experiencing Homelessness Program (YEHP), which more broadly serves youth ages 14-24. Seed data's inclusion of Washington County/an added Washington County site could not be corroborated in any source found and is not reflected in geography fields below.
Demographics
- Minimum age
- 18
- Maximum age
- 24
Housing
- Housing status
- Homeless
Geography
- US states covered
- Oregon
- Countries covered
- United States
- Cities covered
- Portland, Sandy, Bend, Medford
- Counties covered
- Multnomah, Clackamas, Deschutes, Jackson
- Residency of Target Geography
- Yes
Participation
- Research / data sharing
- Required
- Research / participation requirements
The program's confirmed evaluation partner is Young People to the Front (YP2F, yp2f.org), which leads qualitative interviews and quarterly survey data collection on housing stability, education, employment, and financial outcomes for DCT+ participants. Seed data's listed 'Johns Hopkins' research institution does not apply to DCT+: a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health study covered a separate, related ODHS/Point Source Youth pilot -- the Targeted Housing Assistance Program (THAP), a one-time cash payment prevention program -- not the 24-month DCT+ program. This appears to be a seed conflation of two distinct-but-related Oregon PSY/ODHS pilots. No DCT+ evaluation report matching seed's 'Winter 2027' date has been published; the first-cohort DCT+ Final Report was published/announced in January 2026, and a second-cohort report (if following the same ~24-month cycle beginning around the program's confirmed 2025 relaunch) would plausibly land in that window, but this is a projection, not a verified date.
Application Process
- How to apply
Enrollment occurs by referral through community partner organizations (NAYA, AntFarm, JBarJ Youth Services, and, for the Jackson County/Medford site, Maslow Project) already serving eligible youth in the target counties. Specific application steps were not published; as of the most recent reporting (January 2026), the program was not accepting new applicants because the second cohort of 120 had already been selected.
- Selection process
Youth experiencing homelessness ages 18-24 in the target counties are identified and enrolled through partner youth-serving organizations working with ODHS's Youth Experiencing Homelessness Program (YEHP); further selection criteria/process details were not published.
