The roots of DRC Solutions trace back to 1997 when bestselling author and former journalist Jeff Guinn undertook a transformative project to better understand homelessness in Fort Worth. Immersing himself in street life for a week, his firsthand experience highlighted critical gaps in services for the homeless. His powerful account, published on June 8, 1997, galvanized the community and civic leaders to take action. In response, the Day Resource Center for the Homeless (now DRC Solutions) was established in 1999, with a mission to address these gaps and provide vital resources to individuals experiencing homelessness. This origin story underscores DRC Solutions’ deep commitment to addressing systemic challenges and creating meaningful change.
In 2015, the organization rebranded as DRC Solutions to highlight its leadership role in evidence-based housing strategies to end homelessness. With a renewed mission to deliver respectful, responsible, and effective community-driven solutions, DRC Solutions shifted its focus to long-term housing stability. In December 2016, the agency strategically transitioned from shelter services to prioritize housing-first approaches. In 2017, the Board of Directors formalized this commitment by adding permanent supportive housing and case management to its service portfolio. In 2021, DRC further expanded its impact by integrating comprehensive street outreach into its services, ensuring that individuals experiencing homelessness are connected to critical resources and pathways to permanent housing without distance barriers. In 2024, DRC Solutions celebrated its 25th year of service in Fort Worth and Tarrant County and continues to be recognized as a leading homelessness service provider and Best Practice Leader.
These strategic advancements reflect DRC Solutions’ dedication to implementing innovative, scalable solutions to address homelessness at its root while still answering the direct call of the community as a whole. And yes, still lovingly known to most as "The DRC".
A gift of $25 can cover apartment application fees, bringing the hope of home to reality after years on the streets.
A gift of $50 can stock a new kitchen for people who have gone hungry so many times.
A gift of $100 can provide new clothing to people who have lived in the same worn and dirty clothes for too long.
A gift of $250 can help provide furniture and household supplies to welcome people to their new homes-warm, clean, and safe.
MISSION: The mission of the DRC is to provide respectful, responsible, and effective community-based solutions to help individuals and families emerge from homelessness as productive, healthy people.
VISION: The DRC envisions an end to homelessness achieved through investments that make permanent shelter a reality for all who need it.
PHILOSOPHY: Everyone deserves a safe place to call home.
General operating support, an investment in DRC leadership and organizational development, supports high-value programs, strategic initiatives and administrative functions through which essential resources are developed and innovative services are coordinated across geographic and functional lines.
The bulk of the DRC’s programs consist of providing critical one-on-one support through professional staff. While tangible items like birth certificates or bus passes are part of the DRC’s programming, our ability to provide intangible support services through highly-educated, experienced staff is the heart of the DRC. Without our brave, tenacious, and creative professional staff, the DRC could have no impact on our community. General operating support not only allows us to employ these amazing individuals, but provides them with the tools and resources they need to be successful.
DRC Solutions is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. We strive to build a team of diverse individuals who together as one team, intentionally seek to foster inclusiveness so that we can all perform and operate at our very best for the benefit of each other, the team, the company, and our customers.
The collective sum of the individual differences, background and life experiences, education and knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture, but our reputation and company’s achievement as well.
We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, citizenship, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.
With a diverse team comes the desire to drive inclusiveness as well, so that we all can engage and perform at our very best, and a commitment from the company to create an equitable work environment for all employees.
DRC Solutions’ diversity initiatives are applicable—but not limited—to our practices and policies on recruitment and selection; compensation and benefits; professional development and training; promotions; transfers; social and recreational programs; layoffs; terminations; and the ongoing development of a work environment built on the premise of gender and diversity equity that encourages and enforces:
• Respectful communication and cooperation between all employees.
• Teamwork and employee participation, permitting the representation of all groups and employee perspectives.
• Work/life balance through flexible work schedules to accommodate employees’ varying needs.
• Employer and employee contributions to the communities we serve to promote a greater understanding and respect for diversity.
All employees of DRC Solutions have a responsibility to treat others with dignity and respect at all times. All employees are expected to exhibit conduct that reflects inclusion during work, at work functions on or off the work site, and at all other company-sponsored and participative events. All employees are also required to attend and complete annual diversity awareness training to enhance their knowledge to fulfill this responsibility.
Any employee found to have exhibited any inappropriate conduct or behavior against others may be subject to disciplinary action.
Employees who believe they have been subjected to any kind of discrimination that conflicts with the company’s diversity policy and initiatives should seek assistance from a supervisor or an HR representative.
Organization name
DRC Solutions
Causes
Housing, Shelter & Homelessness
Operating Budget
$1,000,000 - $2,999,999
Counties Served
Tarrant
BIPOC Leadership
Neither/None
Address
PO Box 0871