The Prenatal to Five (P-5) Innovation Fund aims to build up the power of Community-led Innovation to meet the emergent needs of families in King County.
Donor Name: King County Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS)
State: Washington
County: King County (WA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 05/09/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
P-5 Innovation Funds focus on increasing the collective capacity to advance innovative community-led approaches that center Black families, Indigenous families, families of color, immigrant and refugee families, LGBTQ+ families, families with disabilities, families involved in the child welfare system, low-income families, and those geographically isolated. Building this takes dedicated time and resources to facilitate Community-led Innovation through partnership building, community engagement, research, evaluation, listening, co-design, testing smaller scale implementation, sharing out promising work, and organizational capacity building. Flexible resources and meaningful support for community leaders to innovate is key to building community-designed approaches which aim to address the most significant challenges facing families in King County.
King County seeks community leaders to design, develop, test, and build the potential of innovative Anti-racist approaches (e.g. policies, programs, products, media, places, and services) so that ALL babies and children in King County grow up to be happy, healthy, safe, and thriving.
Funding Information
Approximately $900,000 is available through Best Starts to support the P-5 Innovation Fund. Proposers may request up to $30,000 for all activities, with the exception that proposals for Small Scale Implementation (pilot) activities may request up to $50,000.
Grant Period
6 to-12 month period.
Eligibility Criteria
This RFP is open to community groups, nonprofit organizations, community-based organizations, tribes and tribal organizations, for-profit entities, and public or governmental agencies serving communities in King County, WA. Partnerships of two or more organizations, small community groups, nonprofits, and community-based Black, Indigenous, and other Communities of Color-led organizations are encouraged to submit proposals.
For more information, visit DCHS.
