About forty people from community partner organizations stand together for a group photo in a bright, wood-beamed meeting room.
For Partners

You do the work. We help fund it.

Funding, contracts, and technical assistance for the community-based organizations, training providers, and colleges serving King County residents.

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Who we fund

Organizations already close to the work.

If you serve King County residents and you can report on outcomes, you are in scope. Size is not the filter.

Community-based organizations

Groups rooted in the neighborhoods and communities that the workforce system reaches last.

Training providers & colleges

Programs on, or ready to join, the Eligible Training Provider List.

Employers & small businesses

Businesses hiring and upskilling through our grants and Sound Jobs.

The plan

How it works

  1. Identify—Find the opportunity that fits. Every funding opportunity is advertised openly and posted here. Each one names who it serves, what it funds, and how proposals will be scored.

  2. Connect—Submit your proposal by the deadline. Every proposal is scored against the published criteria, including your ability to meet the program’s performance goals. Awards over $250,000 go to our board’s Finance & Administration Committee for approval.

  3. Advance—Every applicant gets a decision letter and can ask for a debrief on how to strengthen the next proposal. Funded partners deliver, report, and grow, with technical assistance and a place in the regional network.

Every step follows our Procurement Policy (A402), including how to dispute an award.

Funding opportunities

Open funding opportunities

We open competitive funding opportunities once or twice a year. When one is open, you’ll find it here.

    Past opportunities Get notified of new ones
    What comes with it

    More than a contract.

    Technical assistance

    Help with reporting, compliance, and data systems, before it becomes a finding.

    The partner network

    Referrals, shared participants, and a seat in regional planning with employers and WorkSource.

    Regional data

    Labor market analysis and the Workforce Index, so your program design follows the evidence.

    Partner spotlight

    A partner that rebuilt its training around the jobs.

    “We don’t have to wait until graduation to connect participants with employers. When we brought the job opportunities directly to our participants during training, we saw immediate results. [Our graduates’] placements weren’t lucky breaks—they were the result of intentional design.”

    Training managerA WDC-funded grocery careers program

    • Trained 50 participants across three cohorts, with a 90% graduation rate
    • Rebuilt its training calendar around grocery hiring seasons after visiting 30 King County stores
    • Moved job search into the first week of training; two graduates were hired by a major grocery chain soon after finishing

    Names and some details have been changed to protect privacy. Photos are illustrative.

    Reference

    Policies, requirements, and reporting

    Your next step

    Not sure which door is yours?

    Ask before the deadline. We would rather answer a question early than turn down a strong proposal on a technicality.

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