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Veterans, Seniors, and Human Services Levy
Supporting Student Veterans and their Families (FS 5) 		Deadline  4/16/2025
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Thank you for your interest in the VSHSL FS 5: Supporting Student Veterans and Their Families Request for Proposals (RFP)!   

Please refer to the RFP document (Attachment A) under the Library tab to see the full RFP details.

OVERVIEW:

The FS 5: Supporting Student Veterans and Their Families RFP seeks to allocate VSHSL funds to provide financial assistance and wraparound supports for King County Veterans and Veteran Family members enrolled in Post-secondary Programs, including, but not limited to, colleges, universities, and trade schools. This will be a pilot program to explore a new avenue to reach Veterans and support their educational aspirations.

TIMELINE:

RFP Release DateMarch 12, 2025

Information Session

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Meeting ID: 298 713 997 487

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March 19, 2025

2:00pm -3:30pm

 

Final Day to Submit QuestionsApril 9, 2025 by 2:00 pm
Proposals Due: April 16, 2025 by 2:00 PM
Notifications SentJune 2025
Contract Start DateJuly 2025
 
COMMUNICATION:

All documents to be submitted in response to this RFP should be uploaded through ZoomGrants.

The RFP Lead is the sole point of contact for this procurement. All communication regarding the subject matter of this opportunity between the applicants and DCHS upon release of this RFP must be through ZoomGrants or the RFP Lead, as follows:

    Maria Pintar
    RFP Lead
    MPintar@kingcounty.gov

Any other communication will be considered unofficial and non-binding on DCHS. Applicants are to rely on written statements issued by the RFP Lead. Communication directed to parties other than the RFP Lead on this opportunity may result in disqualification of the applicant.

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. 

Information Session

will be held March 19, 2025, 2:00 - 3:30 pm

This will be a virtual information session to discuss questions related to this RFP.

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Meeting ID: 298 713 997 487

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The information session will be recorded and posted at: https://www.zoomgrants.com/zgf/studentvets.

This will be a remote session with speech to text captioning provided. For accommodations to participate, please contact the Procurement Lead by March 14, 2025.

 

 
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Eligibility

This request is open to Post-secondary Programs, including but not limited to: colleges, universities, trade schools, and academic institutions to apply as lead applicants. Nonprofit organizations, community-based organizations, tribes and tribal organizations, and public or governmental agencies serving communities in King County may apply in collaboration with a Post-secondary Program serving as the lead applicant.

Partnership/Collaborative applications:

Applicants may submit collaborative applications if the lead applicant is a Post-secondary Program. The Post-secondary Program would need to be the lead applicant and, if awarded, subcontract with the other organization(s). The application should clearly identify the lead applicant and clearly describe each organization’s role in the partnership. King County DCHS Subcontracting requirements may be found in the Standard Terms and Conditions (LINK).

Eligible Applications must meet the following qualifications:

The Post-secondary Program must be:

  • Located in Washington state; and
  • Eligible for federal Veteran education benefit payments, as found on the GI Bill Comparison Tool website (LINK)

And

The entire Application (including any partners or collaborators) must:

  • Work with Veterans and Veteran Family members as defined in the glossary of this RFP;
  • Have a minimum of 2 years of experience providing Case Management to Veterans and Veteran Family members; and
  • Submit a complete and timely application within the scope of work of this RFP as outlined in Section II. C., RFP OVERVIEW: The Request.
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Description File Name Date Uploaded File Type
Attachment A - RFP Supporting Student Veterans and Their Families FS 5 AttachmentA-RFPSupportingStudentVeteransandTheirFamiliesFS5.pdf 3/10/2025 6:16:45 PM PDF
Attachment B - Summary Questions FS 5 AttachmentB-SummaryQuestionsFS5.pdf 3/11/2025 12:25:35 PM PDF
Attachment C - Narrative Questions FS 5 AttachmentC-NarrativeQuestionsFS5.pdf 3/11/2025 12:25:47 PM PDF
Attachment D - Budget FS 5 AttachmentD-BudgetFS5.xlsx 3/11/2025 12:25:59 PM XLSX
Attachment E - Grant Application Assistance FS 5 AttachmentE-GrantApplicationAssistanceFS5.pdf 3/11/2025 12:26:20 PM PDF
Attachment F - KC Council Districts Map FS 5 AttachmentF-KCCouncilDistrictsMapFS5.pdf 3/11/2025 12:26:34 PM PDF
Attachment G - ZoomGrants Tips and FAQs for Applicants FS 5 AttachmentG-ZoomGrantsTipsandFAQsforApplicantsFS5.pdf 3/11/2025 12:26:54 PM PDF
Information Session video - March 19, 2025 LINK 3/21/2025 2:55:11 PM LINK
FAQ - FS 5 - posted 3.24.2025 FAQ-FS5-posted3242025.pdf 3/24/2025 12:05:35 PM PDF


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