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