We are excited to share that the Best Starts for Kids Domestic Violence Emergency Response Pilot Request for Applications (RFA) is now open! This funding opportunity closes on Tuesday, August 13 at 2PM, please submit your application by then.
Click here to view the full funding opportunity details and apply.
About this opportunity:
Across King County, we are seeing more families experiencing domestic violence. Since 2020, domestic violence emergency department visit rates increased by 48%. When domestic violence or the risk of domestic violence occurs within a family relationship, our prenatal-to-five (P-5) providers are often confided in for support and a critical tool in connecting families to services. Best starts P-5 partners refer families to domestic violence advocates; however, P-5 families are often lost in the referral process between the P-5 services and domestic violence response.
This funding opportunity seeks to identify a domestic violence agency to pilot a collaborative approach to connect Home-Based Services (HBS) and Community-Based Parenting Supports (CBPS) families with domestic violence advocacy services.
The awarded applicants will be responsible for:
- Direct family supports: Provide survivor-centered, domestic violence advocacy supports to P-5 Partner Program families.
- System development: Engage in systems-building activities to build cross-sectional relationships and referrals between domestic violence response services and P-5 Partner Programs.
- Evaluation and refinement: Participate in ongoing evaluation activities and continuous quality improvement process refinement to identify opportunities, strengths, and next steps for improved cross-sector collaboration, as well as post-Pilot reflective evaluation activities to bring forward recommendations and lessons learned.
Eligibility:
This request is open to nonprofit organizations, community-based organizations, tribes and tribal organizations, for-profit entities, and public or governmental agencies serving communities in King County. Small nonprofits and community-based organizations are encouraged to submit applications.
Eligible applicants must meet the following minimum qualifications:
- Be an organization or program whose primary mission is to provide support to individuals experiencing or at risk of experiencing domestic violence;
- Have a minimum of 3 years of experience directly supporting survivors of domestic violence.
- Serve King County communities; and
- Work with or demonstrate a willingness to work with Best Starts HBS & CBPS Prenatal to 5 Partner Programs.
Attend our information session:
We strongly encourage anyone interested in applying to attend our information session to learn more:
- Tuesday, July 16, 2024, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., Pacific Time
- Thursday, July 18, 2024, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., Pacific Time
Learn more about this funding opportunity and access meeting details for the information session within the full RFP document.
Funding available:
We have budgeted $406,000 for this project. The maximum award amount applicants may request is up to $406,000 for the period of November 1, 2024 through October 30, 2027.
The applicant selected will receive $406,000. This includes $60,000 for start-up costs and $346,000 in base funds to serve as Pilot Administrator implementing the Pilot Project and engaging in evaluation processes.
The distribution of funding during the contracting period will be as follows:
| Nov 2024 to Dec 2024 | Jan to Mar 2025 | April to Dec 2025 | Jan-Dec 2026 | Jan-Oct 2027 | 3-year totals | |
| Start-Up Funds | $30,000.00 | $30,000.00 | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | 60,000.00 |
| Base Funds | Not Applicable | $33,000.00 | $99,000.00 | $132,000.00 | $82,000.00 | 346,000.00 |
| Total | $30,000.00 | $63,000.00 | $99,000.00 | $132,000.00 | $82,000.00 | 406,000.00 |
Timeline:
| RFA Issued | June 25, 2024 |
| Information Session | July 16, 2024, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm July 18, 2024, 10:00 am – 11:00 am |
| Final day to initiate request for technical assistance | August 7, 2024 |
| Final day to Submit Questions | August 7, 2024 |
| RFA Application Due | August 13, 2024 by 2:00 p.m. |
| Applications Reviewed | August 19, 2024 – September 5, 2024 |
| Interviews with Applicants (if applicable) | September 2024 |
| Notification of Selected and Non-Selected Applicants | October 2024 |
| Contract Anticipated Start Date | November 2024 |
Do you have any questions?
If you have any questions about this funding opportunity, you can submit a question before Wednesday, August 7, 2024 to Phillip Thompson at phithompson@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 funding opportunity! 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 partnering with a technical assistance consultant, learn more here.
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