DESC

DESC is proud to provide behavioral health services at the new Bayside Enhanced Shelter in Interbay, Seattle!

Operated by Everyone Deserves Housing, this site features 75 single-adult home units operating as 24/7 transitional housing, with onsite wraparound services including DESC mental health providers.

"We know that people need the stability of a safe place to be, in order to make the best use of the mental health, addiction treatment, and other kinds of services that they need," said Daniel Malone, executive director of DESC, at the opening on June 7.

This is the first shelter to open as part of Mayor Katie B. Wilson's Neighbor by Neighbor plan to rapidly expand shelter and bring people experiencing chronic homelessness across Seattle inside.

Learn more here:

Mayor welcomes Bayside Enhanced Shelter community to Interbay | seattlechannel.org Seattle Mayor Katie B. Wilson, Everyone Deserves Housing — a nonprofit shelter operator — and Pallet — a company that builds modular shelter units — welcomed the Bayside Enhanced Shelter community to the Interbay neighborhood on Sunday, June 7, the first shelter to open as part of Mayor Wils...

Moving into an apartment after years of homelessness is no easy journey. For Tammy, it was the steady support of DESC staff along the way that made her stability possible.

“I’ve come a really long way,” Tammy said. “I am definitely proof that the work these people come in and do every day … is absolutely producing very good things.”

Dealing with lifelong homelessness before finding a home at DESC’s Burbridge Place, Tammy had years of trauma to unpack as she found her footing in her space. Now, she lives on her own
in an adult family residence and has stopped using substances like methamphetamine.

Tammy’s story shows that housing is the first step, but not the only step. Behavioral health services, wraparound care, and staff who care and assertively support our clients are essential to our client journeys.

“Y’all are my safety... I know I can always come back to DESC.”

Read her story here: https://www.desc.org/tammys-story-finding-safety-at-desc/

Pictured: Tammy (left), with her friend Cortina, who lives at DESC's Burbridge Place. ❤️