DASH residents must meet the following requirements before getting accepted into the DASH program: 

• Currently seeking asylum (rather than status as a refugee or aslyee)
• Actively working on their asylum case and either has or is actively searching for a lawyer, or has filed Pro Se
• Have less than $1,000 dollars to support themself
• Willing to move to Fort Worth
• Willing to be interviewed by a DASH-affiliated lawyer to confirm asylum seeker status
• Willing to follow all US laws including: not working or driving without appropriate legal documentation in hand
• Have no other options for safe housing

*Note: It is the policy of DASH Network not to discriminate against applicants for DASH Network services on the basis of race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, membership in any labor organization, political ideology, or disability.