The City of Burien is seeking applications for its 2025-2026 Human Services Fund.
Donor Name: City of Burien
State: Washington
City: Burien
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/08/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
In recognition of the significant need for human services support in the community, the Burien City Council allocates a portion of the General Fund budget to grant funding to organizations delivering direct service in the community. In the spring of every even year (2020, 2022, etc.), the City of Burien, along with 15 other King County cities, accepts requests for human services funding using one common application. $8.89 per capita is allocated to the Burien Human Services Fund, equaling roughly $467,000 per year. The City will also receive close to $46,000 per year in human services funding from the federal government’s Community Development Block Grant funding. Funds will be dispersed to organizations quarterly over a two-year period.
Funding Areas
- Basic Needs
- Employment & Education
- Community Support & Advocacy
- Success at Every Age
- Safe & Healthy Community.
Funding Priorities
The City of Burien has adopted the following results and strategies as priorities for the 2025–2026 cycle. Funding priority will be given to programs that assist Burien community members to:
- Have Secure, Affordable Housing.
- Help residents improve their housing situation (moving along the continuum from unhoused to temporary housing to long-term housing to permanent housing)
- Provide low-barrier services that keep residents housed. (Examples: rental assistance, minor home repair, eviction avoidance, housing navigation help, placement services.)
- Be healthy physically, mentally, and emotionally and safe from violence.
- Provide services that address all aspects of physical or behavioral health needs with a restorative focus (includes medical, dental, and counseling programs.)
- Provide services and programs that reduce violence in all forms – physical, sexual, and emotional.
- Provide access and education that improves food security.
- Support programs that promote harm reduction, self-determination, and healthy relationships.
- Have living wage jobs.
- Provide pathways or opportunities to improve work skills and job status.
- Offer services and programs that remove barriers to obtaining and sustaining living wage jobs. (Includes childcare services, assistance with clearing criminal history, skill-building, etc.)
- Be ready for school, experience school success, and have positive connection to their community.
- Provide high-quality early childhood education to resident children.
- Provide services and support to parents and education staff of pre-school and school-age children.
- Address the needs of at-risk youth, especially those who are in foster care, LGBTQ, BIPOC, homeless, chronically out of school, speak a primary language other than English, or whose families face barriers related to their immigration or refugee status.
- Provide before-, during-, and after-school programs that help youth be successful in school.
- Feel a sense of community and belonging.
- Provide safe spaces for community to gather.
- Work with people in their own environments and provide a mechanism for community feedback.
- Offer programming that builds inclusion, community connections, communication, and common bonds.
Funding Criteria
Minimum Requirements
- Nonprofit status
- Business license
- Insurance
- General liability
- Professional liability
- Automobile
- Stop gap/ employer’s
- Worker’s compensation
- Financial review
- Nondiscrimination policy
- Internal controls policy
- Records retention policy
- Whistleblower policy
- Conflict of Interest policy
- Audit committee
In order to be eligible for City of Burien funding, agencies must be able to:
- Submit a complete application and demonstrate the program serves City of Burien residents.
- Be willing and able to accept reimbursement for funds.
- Regularly track and submit required reports regarding services and demographics.
- Be current with Federal and State licensing requirements, including current 501(c)(3) status.
- Provide the agency’s nondiscrimination policy for employment and program participants.
- Meet the City’s insurance and business licensing requirements, minimum requirements, or contact City staff for information.
For more information, visit City of Burien.
