Best Start for Kids (Best Starts) Public Health – Seattle & King County (PHSKC) is pleased to release this Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Help Me Grow King County (HMGKC) Strategy with funding from Best Starts for Kids.
Donor Name: Best Starts for Kids
State: Washington
County: King County (WA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/18/2025
Size of the Grant: $500,000 to $1 million
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
Best Starts Help Me Grow strategy supports families by connecting them to the resources they need – when, where, and how they need them. The Help Me Grow King County (HMGKC) strategy ensures that families, especially those facing systemic barriers, can access community-rooted and linguistically responsive support for their children to thrive during the prenatal to five period.
This funding will support community-based organizations that are deeply connected to the families they serve and the King County community. These partners will:
- Lead a team to provide warm connections to essential services and resources within the community.
- Collaborate with other awarded HMGKC partners, the HMGKC Network Design Group, and Best Starts HMGKC staff to strengthen coordination across providers and ensure no family falls through the cracks.
- Use community-driven insights to inform service delivery, ensuring programs are rooted in families’ lived experiences, cultures values, and linguistically matched.
- Support data collection and evaluation efforts to inform how families access and experience services, helping to improve equity in early childhood systems.
Funding Information
Best Starts has budgeted approximately $3,748,600 for this funding opportunity. Applicants may request a maximum of $650,000 for a two-year contract (January 1, 2026 – December 31, 2027).
Focus Populations
- This RFP prioritizes organizations that serve expectant and current parents, caregivers of children birth to five years old, as well as families facing systemic barriers in accessing early childhood services.
- Best Starts prioritizes equity by funding agencies that serve low-income families; BIPOC families; immigrant and refugee families; LGBTQIA+ families; families with disabilities; and families with foster children.
Eligibility Criteria
- This funding opportunity is open to nonprofit organizations, community-based organizations, tribes, tribal organizations, and public or governmental agencies serving communities in King County. Small nonprofits and community-based organizations are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Partnerships are eligible to apply. One organization must agree to serve as the lead and contract administrator.
For more information, visit Best Starts for Kids.
