Applicants are invited to apply for the Best Starts for Kids Child Care Subsidy Program.
Donor Name: Best Starts for Kids
State: Washington
County: King County (WA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/13/2022
Details:
Best Starts seeks to partner with one or more intermediary agencies to build, administer, and promote a new regional child care subsidy program. The selected organizations will partner with each other and Best Starts to implement a program that expands equitable access to affordable and high-quality child care for King County families who are ineligible for or not well served by existing public subsidy programs.
Scope of Work
This RFP will identify and fund applicants to fill three (3) distinct roles that will implement the Best Starts Child Care Subsidy program in King County.
- Family Access and Support (FAS) Team – provides outreach, application assistance, and tailored child care access and support for families, aligned with Help Me Grow King County
- Family Access and Support (FAS) Team Coordinator – develops outreach materials, convenes the FAS Team for training and practice alignment, and balances team caseloads
- Subsidy Administrator– hosts subsidy application and data management system, verifies eligibility and provides subsidies to child care providers on behalf of families
Eligibility Criteria
This request is open to for-profit and nonprofit organizations, community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations, and public or governmental agencies serving communities in King County, unless otherwise specified in the minimum qualifications of each role. Small nonprofits and community-based organizations are encouraged to submit proposals.
For more information, visit Child Care Subsidy Program.
