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About this opportunity
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.
Eligibility: This request is open to for-profit and non-profit 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. Free application assistance is available to support organizations applying to this opportunity – read below!
To learn more about the details of this funding opportunity, read Section II of the RFQ document on the ZoomGrants webpage – click on link at the top of the page to access the ZoomGrants webpage.
Have any questions? Attend our information session
We strongly encourage anyone interested in applying to attend one of the two information session to ask questions and learn more.
March 10 at 2 – 3:30 pm
- Please register for the information session in advance here.
Wednesday, March 16th from 9:00 to 10:30 am
- Please register for the information session in advance here.
Timeline
| Request for Proposal Released | March 4 |
| Information Sessions | March 10, 2-3 p.m. March 16, 9-10:30 am |
| Final day to submit questions via ZoomGrants | March 18 |
| Final day for to initiate request for technical assistance | March 30 |
| Proposals due | April 13 by 2 p.m. |
| Proposals reviewed | April 18 – 29 |
| Interviews with applicants (if applicable) King County reserves the right to conduct interviews as needed to make award determinations. | May |
| Notification of selected and non-selected applicants | May |
| Anticipated program/contract start date | June 2022 |
Would you like support? Access free Best Starts technical assistance!
Best Starts partnered consultants can support by: helping to determine appropriate fit between your work and this funding opportunity, providing guidance on how best to answer application questions, supporting your application development (including editing and reviewing), and supporting you in explaining your qualifications in the most clear and concise way.
If you are interested in accessing technical assistance, learn more here.
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