The Aging and Disability Services division of the City of Seattle Human Services Department (HSD) seeks applications from agencies interested in supporting kinship caregivers so they may reduce physical and emotional stress due to caregiving so they can successfully age in their community.
Donor Name: City of Seattle Human Services Department (HSD)
State: Washington
County: King County (WA)
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/15/2024
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Kinship care includes relatives caring for children aged 18 or younger, on a dependency order within the child welfare system, as well as relatives caring for children not formally involved with the public welfare system.
This RFP combines three related programs for kinship caregivers – the King County Kinship Navigator, the King County Kinship Collaboration Coordinator, and Kinship Caregiver Support Program services: Outreach/Recruitment; Support Groups; Training; and Information & Referral/Support Services.
Priority Populations
Persons eligible to receive funding from KCSP include a grandparent (or step grandparent) or other adult relative who is:
- Raising a child(ren), age 18 or younger child; and
- Related by blood or marriage to the child(ren); and
- Living with the child(ren) in Washington State; and
- The primary caregiver of the child(ren) because the biological or adoptive parents are unable or unwilling to serve as the primary caregiver of the child(ren); and
- The parent(s) is consistently absent from the home
- Raising the child(ren) either with a legal relationship, such as legal custody, adoption or informally; and
- At risk of not being able to continue kinship caregiving without additional financial support services.
- Communities of color, including immigrants/refugees.
Focus Populations
Focus populations are identified as specific racial or ethnic groups within the priority population and with data showing the highest disparities in the investment area. Given the data provided, focus populations for this investment opportunity are:
- Black/African American
- American Indian/Alaska Native
- Hispanic/Latinx.
Funding Information
Approximately $274,000 is available through this Request for Proposal from State Kinship Navigator and Older Americans Act Title IIIE funding. Seattle General Funds may be allocated when 2024 budgets are finalized.
Grant Period
Initial awards will be made for the contract period of January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
The overarching goal of these programs is to reduce the physical and emotional stress experienced by kinship caregivers. Another goal is to stabilize and support the living situations of kinship caregivers and the children in their care, to ensure they are raised in a safe, nurturing family environment.
Eligible participants must be:
- Someone who is providing informal (versus formal) kinship care for another family member’s child or children aged 18 or younger.
- Kinship Navigator Program: caregivers ages 18 and older.
- Kinship Caregiver Support Program: caregivers ages 55 and older.
- King County resident.
For more information, visit HSD.
