ABOUT: The King County Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) is pleased to release this Request for Proposal for Understand Community Priorities with funding from the Veterans, Seniors and Human Services (VSHSL) and guidance from the VSHSL Implementation Plan. This social engagement strategy (VSHSL Strategy SE 5) seeks to promote belonging where systems, biases, miscommunications or cultural differences too often serve to isolate. This program will fund a series of two-year community assessment surveys to complement VSHSL continuous community partnership efforts. These surveys will commission persons, tribes, and community-based organizations to research and then provide back to King County an assessment of strengths, weaknesses, and needs of geographic, cultural, or experiential communities in King County. The funds allocations in this strategy will allow for three veterans assessments, three seniors assessments and three vulnerable populations assessments.

AVAILABLE FUNDING: Up to $958,348 in Veterans, Seniors and Human Services Levy funds

INVESTMENT PERIOD: February 1, 2019 - December 31, 2023 (subject to change)

BIDDERS CONFERENCE:
Friday, November 22, 2019, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM.
Chinook Bldg., Room #124, 401 5th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104
Join by Skype
Join by phone: 206-263-8114, Conference ID: 435684
The meeting room at the Chinook Building is wheelchair-accessible. If you need any other accommodations to participate in the Bidders Conference, please contact Adam Schmid by Tuesday, November 19, 2019.

QUESTIONS: Submit questions through the Contact Admin tab. Final day to submit questions is December 16, 2019 at 5:00 PM.

PROPOSALS DUE: Proposals must be submitted through ZoomGrants no later than 11:59 p.m. on December 31, 2019.

NOTIFICATION OF AWARD DECISIONS: February 2020

ANTICIPATED CONTRACT START DATE (subject to change): March 1, 2020

The dates listed above are subject to change. The full RFP and associated attachments are available for download under the Library tab. Applicants are advised to review these documents in their entirety for guidance on the purpose, requested program models, application questions and deadlines. Applicants are responsible for regularly checking ZoomGrants for any updates, clarifications, or amendments that may be uploaded.