The Cultivating Prenatal-to-five (P-5) Community-Based Facilitators (CCBF) Program is a Workforce Development initiative that supports King County’s P-5 community members who seek to share wisdom, learning, and practice in their communities and beyond.
Donor Name: Best Starts for Kids
State: Washington
County: King County (WA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/22/2024
Size of the Grant: Not Available
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
Through mentorship and facilitated discussions the program hopes to build culturally responsive skills and practices associated with the three foundational topics:
- Healthy Child Development
- Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
- Racial Equity
Currently, Best Starts is seeking to support prenatal to five workers to achieve three overarching goals:
- Increase knowledge of early childhood development and other relevant topics to improve the quality of their services and foster trusting relationships with the children and families they serve.
- Create opportunities for peer connections, mutual support, and self-care through cohort groups and one-on-one reflective consultation.
- Increase worker capacities to strengthen equitable outcomes for children and families by promoting understanding of and engagement with racial equity concepts and practices.
Categories
- Educational Support Services
- Child and Youth Services
- Other Individual and Family Services
- Child Day Care Services
Eligibility Criteria
- This RFA invites professionals, knowledge sharers, or community educators who have an interest in supporting prenatal-to-five (P-5) providers in ways that can transform systems and practices for the youngest children in multidisciplinary spaces by engaging in deep learning with others in the field via the facilitations of learning opportunities to prenatalto-five providers in King County, Washington.
- Anyone who has a passion for sharing knowledge within their community, facilitating training or interested in sharing wisdom and practice. They are prioritizing members of communities that have experienced significant service gaps or have not been well reached.
- Anyone with an interest in co-developing workshops/presentations in topic areas related to healthy childhood development, equity, and infant and early childhood mental health.
- Those who share and can demonstrate their understanding of Best Starts for Kids’ principles and values.
- Knowledge sharers who may be in different places in their professional development & career trajectory.
- People who speak different languages/dialects – those who are able to train in more than one language are highly encouraged to apply.
For more information, visit Best Starts for Kids.
