Funding Opportunities

The Strengthening Families Washington team at Department of Children, Youth & Families is pleased to offer funding opportunities to provide to support to families in Washington. Here are our current funding opportunities: 

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provided DCYF with funding to provide financial support to low-income families. Specifically, by means of unrestricted $250 cash grants per child to Washington State residents who were, and continue to be, impacted by COVID-19.

DCYF contracted with Scholar Fund as the Program Administrator in order to create and implement a plan and an application system to get the funds out to Washington State families.

Applications open on February 21, 2023 for eligible families. Applicants must:

  • Have Washington State residency
  • Have a child/children under the age of 18
  • Have a household income that is under 200% of the 2022 Federal Poverty Limit

Applications will close on March 31, 2023.

For more information about this grant, including frequently asked questions and contact information for technical assistance, please visit the Washington Family Relief Fund Webpage.

DCYF is committed to supporting efforts establishing home visiting programs in communities where there currently is none available, particularly rural communities. To that end, state funding is allowing us to embark on some exploration planning to explore home visiting in one or more of the following counties:

  • Asotin
  • Columbia
  • Garfield
  • Klickitat
  • Skamania

In 2022, Start Early Washington conducted a Home Visiting Exploration Study in these counties to examine program interest and feasibility within these counties. Following up, in January DCYF hosted listening sessions to share the findings and hear directly from those serving in these communities.

During the next few months, we will be conducting a funding opportunity specifically for organizations who want to conduct a planning process to  explore all that is needed to establish home visiting in their community. The organization(s) that are awarded this funding will need to work with the community, families, and partner organizations to determine needs, interest, and preparedness to implement and sustain a home visiting program.

Funding decisions will be made by the submission of a Request for Funding Application (RFA) which will include a proposal of how this project will be approached.

Application

Application Bidder’s Conference March 22, 2023

Community Webinars January 2023

If you have any questions, email home.visiting@dcyf.wa.gov

  • The final day to submit questions is April 19th at 5 p.m.
  • Questions and Answers - Updated weekly until 4/20/2023

Strengthening Families Washington (SFWA) at the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (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 to submit a letter of intent to apply (LOI) by April 3, 2023 at 5 p.m.  

Programs who submit an LOI can then submit their form and budget template by April 19, 2023 at 5 p.m.

Application

Applicant Webinar March 15, 2022

If you have any questions, email strengtheningfamilies@dcyf.wa.gov.

  • The final day to submit questions is April 12th at 5 p.m.
  • Questions and Answers - Updated weekly until  4/13/2023

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.

Application

Applicant Webinar March 21, 2023

We will have an optional drop in office hour for information regarding this funding, 10-11 a.m. on April 10. Join here.

If you have any questions, email strengtheningfamilies@dcyf.wa.gov.

  • The final day to submit questions is April 19 at 5 p.m.
  • Questions and Answers - Updated weekly until 4/20/2023