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King County, WA
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Workforce Development: Mini Grant Request for Application 		Deadline  8/11/2025
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Description  [hide this]
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Workforce Development: Mini Grants is a funding opportunity that supports King County’s small (less than 25 employees) Prenatal to Five, community-based organizations (CBOs), agencies, and early childhood centers working to enhance their workforce development efforts. Small CBOs, agencies, and early childhood centers serving babies and young children, who are interested in enhancing their workforce knowledge and skills in the areas of Healthy Childhood Development, Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, and Racial Equity are encouraged to apply. 

All complete applications that have been submitted by the closing date will be considered.  Application will be due on August 11, 2025 at 4pm. 

Applicants may request up to $9,999 in their proposed budget. Funds should be aligned with proposed strategies outlined in the application. The amount of funding awarded to each awardee will be determined during the application review. Eligible applicants will be limited to one award per organization. If your organization applied for funding in the first round of the WFD Mini Grants but you did not receive the full $9,999, you may apply again.  However, you will be considered only if additional funds are available.

Up to $115,000 will be divided among all awarded projects and is available for the program period tentatively scheduled to begin on or around September 1, 2025 and to end on December 31, 2025. 

AMENDMENT: The Additional Insured Endorsement will no longer be required to turn in a complete application.  Your organzation will be required to submit if you are selected to receive the award.

Questions?  For further detail regarding this RFA and questions, please refer to our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section.  If you do not find an answer in the FAQ section, you can email Shanelle Dodson-Dance at sddance@kingcounty.gov.  We cannot answer questions individually.  Instead, all questions that come in and our response to them will be added to the FAQ section, which will be available for everyone interested.  After the application due date, the FAQ will be updated on a weekly basis.  

Note: We cannot provide advice or opinions on the quality of a proposal or on the likelihood that a proposal will be funded.
Eligibility  [hide this]

Eligible applicants must: 

  • Serve families with children in the Prenatal to Five age range  
  • Have a total of 25 or fewer employees on staff (this total includes full and part time employees)
  • Submit a timely application by the due date noted in this RFA
  • Prioritize Professional Development for their workforce in the key areas of: Healthy Childhood Development, Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health and Racial Equity 
  • Equity, Racial & Social Justice (ERSJ): Applicant demonstrates deep understanding of equity, racial and social justice and the ability to provide culturally relevant services.


Evaluation Criteria: 

  •  Proposal Description and Scope: Applicant presents a compelling application for a short-term, time-sensitive project focused on enhancing the development of the workforce; clearly describes strategies for professional development opportunities, community building activity or developing/hosting a workshop; and demonstrates clear understanding of, and authentic commitment to, serving the Prenatal-5 population. Project timeline is realistic and abides by funding parameters.
  • Equity, Racial & Social Justice: Applicant demonstrates deep understanding of equity, racial and social justice (ERSJ) and the ability to provide culturally relevant services.
  • Budget & Fiscal: Budget is complete, accounts for full application amount, and aligns with proposed activities.
  • Required Documents: Required documents have been submitted prior to due date. AMENDMENT: The Additional Insured Endorsement will no longer be required to turn in a complete application.  Your organzation will be required to submit if you are selected to receive the award.
Restrictions  [hide this]

Items that will not be supported by these funds:  

-Expenses such as payroll, rent, ongoing consumables, utilities, or other indirect costs associated with running the organization

-Office, IT, or program equipment such as computers, cell phones, laptops, etc. 
Library  [hide this]
Description File Name Date Uploaded File Type
Budget Example BSKBudgetTemplate.jpg 6/10/2025 12:58:17 PM JPG
King County W9 KC_W9.pdf 6/10/2025 1:22:30 PM PDF
King County Instructions for Business KC-W9_Instructions_for_Business.pdf 6/10/2025 1:23:13 PM PDF
Insurance Sample- Certificate of Insurance Insurance-Sample---Certificate-of-Insurance.pdf 6/10/2025 1:24:06 PM PDF
Workforce Development RFA PDF WFDRFAMiniGrant2025.pdf 6/27/2025 3:24:50 PM PDF


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The questions help DCHS understand the characteristics of organizations that are applying for this RFA. These questions will not be used in the RFA scoring.

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1. Where are you planning on serving clients?
Select “All” only if you are planning and able to serve clients from every zip code within King County. This is being collected for information purposes only. This question is not scored as part of the evaluation process.

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