Coalition for Kids Grant Application 2026

The Coalition for Kids Fund provides the opportunity for local community-based organizations serving young children in Josephine County—ages birth through 5—to apply for grant funding each March. Grant applications will be reviewed by the C4K Fund Advisory Committee and distributed for program use each July. Please review the Grant Guidelines for information about allowable uses of grant funding. A total of $106,000 will be distributed in the 2025 grant cycle.

CORE VALUES OF THE FUND

• Providing support and advocacy for children and families
• Upstream solutions that address the root cause, not the symptom
• Accomplishing more together

PRIORITY POPULATIONS OF THE FUND

• Families with young children, prenatal through age five
• Families Experiencing Barriers to Services
• Families Experiencing or At-Risk of Housing Insecurity
• Families Experiencing or At-Risk of Economic Fragility
• Families Affected by Behavioral Health Issues TARGET

FUND OUTCOMES

• Caring Communities & Systems
• Strong, Nurturing Families
• Healthy, Thriving Children
• Educational Progress & Success

ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES FOR THE FUND

• System Development & Capacity Building
• Funding of Staff FTE
• Development of Partnerships
• Coordination of Co-location and Programming Innovation
• Advocacy Efforts that Achieve the CFK Vision
• Creation of a Corps of Navigators
• Creation of Sustainable Funding Models
• Enhanced Referral Systems to Increase Family-Centered Practices
• Sponsorship of Trainings to Build Local Child Care or Family-Centered Workforce Capacity & Well-Being
• Sponsorship of Parent Trainings & Efforts to Elevate Parent Voice