The Best Starts for Kids is excited to announce that it is requesting proposals for its Investing Early Together: Community-Based Parenting Supports, Home-Based Services, and Universal Developmental Screening & Promotion.
Donor Name: Best Starts for Kids
State: Washington
County: King County (WA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/20/2025
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
Best Starts Investing Early investment area supports expecting parents, babies, and very young children during their critical development years alongside their families and caregivers. Community-Based Parenting Supports (CBPS), Home-Based Services (HBS), and Universal Developmental Screening & Promotion (UDSP) are three Investing Early strategies that meet families where they are: in the home, out in community, at child care, or wherever children are cared for. Investing Early services are relationship-centered and community-led so they look to community for direction, to determine strengths and needs, assess opportunities, identify priorities, and provide customized programing.
Funding Information
- Community-Based Parenting Supports
- January – December 2026: Up to $2,507,813
- January – December 2027: Up to $2,563,237
- Total (24 months): Up to $5,071,050
- Home-Based Services
- July – December 2026: Up to $2,246,500
- January – December 2027: Up to $4,614,350
- Total (18 months): Up to $6,860,850
- Universal Developmental Screening & Promotion
- July – December 2026: Up to $1,290,000
- January – December 2027: Up to $2,598,000
- Total (18 months): Up to $3,888,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- This funding opportunity is open to not-for-profit organizations, community-based organizations, tribes and tribal organizations, schools and school districts, and public or governmental agencies serving communities in King County. Small non-profits and community-based organizations are encouraged to submit proposals
- Eligibility requirements: Proposed programs and services must be provided within King County and serve expecting family and/or families with children up to age five
- Partnerships: Partnerships are eligible to apply. One organization must agree to serve as the lead and contract administrator.
For more information, visit BSK.
