Announcing 9 Capital Program Priority 3 awardees  

Published July 31, 2025

Families need accessible community spaces and quality programming for children to grow up happy, healthy, safe, and thriving.  

Through Best Starts Capital Program Priority 3 request for proposals, we are excited to expand child care and early learning facilities to increase capacity for multipurpose uses and complement the Early Learning Facilities funding under the PSTAA Implementation Plan.  

We’re excited to announce the 9 awardees for our Capital Program RFP!  

Brightonview Montessori 

Huckleberry Nature Connection Foundation  

Indian American Community Services 

Lake Washington Institute of Technology 

Low Income Housing Institute 

Mercy Housing Northwest* 

Refugee Women’s Alliance* 

Voices of Tomorrow* 

White Center HUB 

* = Co-funded with PSTAA funds 

A look at the work ahead 

Read about the 9 child care and early learning expansion projects:  

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