Are there needs in your community that impact families and young children? Do you want program development support to create or further develop a community-designed program to meet the needs of families and their young children, prenatal to age five?
Apply for Best Starts Prenatal to Five (P-5) Community-Designed Program Development Pilot Workshop Series!
This is a capacity building opportunity focused on supporting community in building and further developing new innovative and sustainable programs that center racial, economic, and geographic equity and promote positive change for babies, children, families, and communities. Review the full participation application details.
The application deadline is March 27, 2024.
Eligibility:
Participation is open to community-based organizations, coalitions and community groups. Small nonprofit, small for-profit, community groups, coalitions, and community-based Black, Indigenous and other Communities of Color-led organizations who meet minimum eligibility are encouraged to submit applications for participation.
If you currently have a Best Starts-funded contract, you may only apply if you seek to develop a non-Best Starts-funded program through this workshop series.
This pilot will not fund actual service delivery or guarantee future funding for service delivery.
Review the complete eligibility criteria in the full participation application details document.
Attend our information session:
We strongly encourage anyone interested in applying to attend our information session to learn more:
- Thursday, February 29, 2024, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, Pacific Time
- Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 9:30 am – 10:30 am, Pacific Time
To receive the Zoom link information directly, please register here.
Please note both sessions will have the same content. Learn more about this capacity building opportunity and access meeting details for the information session within the full participation application details document.
Participation Stipend:
Up to 12 programs and/or organizations will be accepted. In addition to the workshop series being offered at no cost, accepted applicants can choose to receive a stipend of up to $5,000 in total per participating program team to support the team’s full participation in the workshop series. Up to 12 stipends are available to support the participation of each team.
Timeline:
| Participation Application Open | February 14, 2024 |
| Information Session | February 29, 2024, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm March 12, 2024, 9:30 am – 10:30 am |
| Application Submission Deadline | March 27, 2024 |
| Acceptance Notification | April 22 – April 26, 2024 |
| Workshop Series | May 30 – July 9, 2024 |
Do you have any questions?
If you have any questions about this capacity building opportunity, you can submit a question to Hannah Locke at hlocke@kingcounty.gov.
Would you like support? Access Best Starts technical assistance!
Free application support is available for organizations interested in applying for this Best Starts capacity building opportunity! Best Starts partnered consultants can support by: helping to determine appropriate fit between your work and this 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 partnering with a technical assistance consultant, learn more here.
