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Programs and opportunities
Investing in promotion, prevention and early intervention
Best Starts for Kids partners with community organizations, non-profits, schools and school districts, tribes and tribal organizations, and public or governmental agencies to support the health and well-being of communities across King County. We consider Best Starts funding recipients as partners. Working together, we build on the strengths of families and communities so that babies are born healthy, children thrive and establish a strong foundation in life, and young people grow into happy, healthy adults.
The calendar below shares upcoming Request for Proposal (RFP) funding opportunities from the beginning of 2022 and staggered throughout the year. We encourage everyone to subscribe to our newsletter and blog to receive notices when a new funding opportunity is released and information about quarterly virtual open houses!
Do you have any questions? Please contact Best.Starts@kingcounty.gov for general inquiries and/or the RFP lead contact for specific questions about an open RFP.
Open funding opportunities
Positive Family Connections Family Network Mini Grant RFP
Opens - March 15, 2024
Closes - April 26, 2024 at 2:00 PM
This funding supports
Age 5 – 24
About this funding opportunity
This RFP seeks to fund activities that support families with youth ages 5-24 as they navigate their changing relationships to strengthen the family, particularly the relationship between the young person and their parents/adult caregivers. Funding can be one-time projects or events. The proposed programming must take place during 2024. We welcome creative ideas that includes a focus on Self-Care, Helping Working Families and/or Mental Health Support.
This request is open to families collaborating for the purpose of interdependent problem solving and respite that focuses on improving connection among caregiving adults and the children/youth in their care. The collaborating families will need to have a fiscal sponsor such as a nonprofit organization, community-based organization, tribe and tribal organization, a for-profit entity or a public or governmental agency serving families in King County.
Eligible applicants must meet the following minimum qualifications:
- Be a group of collaborating families who develop or implement the proposal in partnership with a fiscal sponsor.
- Must have an active relationship for two years or more with the organization who will serve as their fiscal sponsor.
- Must currently be an active family network or coalition.
- Reside in King County and host or deliver the program and services within King County.
Upcoming funding opportunities
