Funding Opportunities

The Strengthening Families Washington team at DCYF is pleased to offer funding opportunities that provide support to families in Washington State. The following are our current funding opportunities: 

Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention

Strengthening Families Washington (SFWA) at DCYF is pleased to announce that funding is available for program evaluation capacity-building for community-based child abuse and neglect prevention programs!  We invite Requests for Application (RFAs) from Washington State organizations interested in child abuse and neglect prevention efforts. Please submit a letter of intent to apply by 5 p.m. on April 22, 2024.

Review the following documents:

This webpage will be updated with FAQs every Monday afternoon starting March 25. The final day to submit questions is 5 p.m. on April 24.

Please share this opportunity with community partners and organizations throughout the state. If you have any questions, please email dcyf.strengtheningfamilies@dcyf.wa.gov.

Perinatal Mental Health Community Capacity Building

Strengthening Families Washington (SFWA) at the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) in collaboration with Perinatal Support Washington (PS-WA), is pleased to announce that funding is available for perinatal mental health community capacity building! We invite Requests for Application (RFAs) from Washington State organizations interested in collaborative efforts to increase community-wide awareness and develop resources to support perinatal mental health.

We will host an Applicant Webinar from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on March 22, 2024. This will be an opportunity to learn more about the funding opportunity and ask questions.

Review the following document:

Starting April 1, this webpage will be updated with FAQs every Monday afternoon. The final day to submit questions is 5 p.m. on April 29, 2024. Please share this opportunity with community partners and organizations throughout the state. 

The deadline for applications is 5 p.m. on May 8, 2024. If you have any questions, please email dcyf.strengtheningfamilies@dcyf.wa.gov.

Crisis Respite Capacity Building Funding Opportunity

Strengthening Families Washington (SFWA) at the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is pleased to announce that DCYF has released a Request for Proposal (RFP) to develop crisis respite capacity in Washington State. Crisis respite is short-term care for children when their parents or caregivers need a break for any reason, whether they are exhausted and worn-out from the demands of parenting or when they experience difficult life circumstances or other unexpected events and have no safe alternatives for care.

We invite proposals from organizations who are interested in developing crisis respite capacity in Washington State communities, Tribal Nations, Recognized American Indian Organizations (RAIOs) and Native Serving Organizations through either in Option 1, crisis respite exploration and planning, or Option 2, implementation.

DCYF will post this Solicitation, and all Amendments and announcements relating to this Solicitation, on WEBS.  You can access WEBS at https://fortress.wa.gov/es/webscust. All bidders must be registered in WEBS to download this solicitation and receive notifications regarding amendments to the solicitation.

The deadline for submitting proposals is May 8, 2024, by 4 p.m. 

We will host a prebid conference on April 10, 2024, at 10 a.m., Pacific Daylight Time. This will be an opportunity to learn more about the RFP and ask questions.

Zoom Link
Meeting ID: 832 6582 0921
Passcode:  440989

Please share this opportunity with community partners and organizations throughout the state. If you have any questions, email dcyf.contracts@dcyf.wa.gov.