Funding Opportunity: Evaluation Mini-Grants

For Formerly Funded COO Partners

in the Community Partnerships and Systems & Policy Change Strategies

We’re pleased to offer this new funding opportunity. These mini grants are to support formerly funded COO Community Partnership and Systems & Policy Change partners to evaluate the ripple effects, or longer-term results and impacts, of the work they did through COO. These grants aim to support short-term, discrete evaluation projects that contribute to understanding the longer-term outcomes and impacts of COO-funded efforts.

Amount of Funding Available: Up to $9,999 each

Eligibility: Formerly funded COO Community Partnerships and Systems & Policy Change partners from COO 1.0 and/or 2.0

What to Submit:

The proposal must be submitted in one email and include all required documents and information. We will not be able to accept multiple emails for the same proposal.

Send completed email — including proposal and any relevant attachments — by the application deadline to cpres-BSK@kingcounty.gov.

Applicants must submit a proposal (minimum 2 pages) addressing:

  • Description of the proposed evaluation project, including evaluation deliverables, timeline/workplan and budget

  • Connection to COO goals and strategies

  • Organizational capacity and staff lead for the evaluation project

Applicants will also need to set up an Agiloft account if they don’t already have one. See the Agiloft section below.

Timelines:

  • Information Session: Wednesday, July 15, 3:30-4:30 p.m. - see the recording and other information below.

  • Last day to request Technical Assistance: Monday, August 3, 2027

  • Applications Due: Monday, August 10, 2:00 p.m.

  • Notification of Awards: Monday, August 17

  • Tentative Contract Start Date: November 1, 2026 (start date contingent on contracting processes and King County Council approval)

  • Contract End Date: June 30 to September 30, 2027 (end date dependent on proposed duration of evaluation project and contract start date)

For more information, please read the Solicitation Document.

Set Up an Agiloft Account

You WILL need to set up a DCHS (Department of Community & Human Services) Agiloft account before you submit your proposal, if you don’t already have one. This is because:

  • Your application materials will be attached to your account. Although you will be emailing your proposal to cpres-bsk@kingcounty.gov, CPRES will upload your proposal and attached files to your Agiloft account.

  • The review panel will access your application through the Agiloft portal.

Here’s some helpful information about DCHS Agiloft to help you create your new DCHS Agiloft account. 

It may take some time to set up your account, so please make sure to start the process of setting up your Agiloft account as soon as possible.

 

Technical Assistance Is Available

Application assistance (also known as technical assistance, or TA) is available to support organizations in applying to this RFA. The main purpose of this TA is to eliminate linguistic, cultural, and other barriers that might prevent organizations from seeking government funding. Application assistance is free of charge. Consultants are not grant writers but can support you in explaining your application in the most clear and concise way. If you would like TA support, please reach out to either of these Best Starts Evaluation TA providers:

Last day to request Technical Assistance is Monday, August 3, 2027; it’s best to make your request as early as possible.

Pre-Proposal Information Session:

(Updated Thursday, July 16, 8 a.m.) This information session — Wednesday, July 15, 2026, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. — was an opportunity for interested organizations to hear more about this funding opportunity and to ask questions about the mini grants and/or the Proposal process.

For More Information:

Please plan to attend the Information Session, or direct any questions you may have about this funding opportunity to: cpres-BSK@kingcounty.gov.