Help Me Grow King County

Afghan Health Initiative (AHI) empowers immigrant and refugee families across King County to build healthy, stable, and connected lives through culturally grounded education, resources, and care.

Help Me Grow - Bridges of Care, AHI provides compassionate, culturally responsive navigation that helps families access early learning, health care, and developmental support. Our team meets families where they are through in-language outreach, home visits, and warm connections, ensuring parents feel supported, informed, and equipped to advocate for their children. This work strengthens trust, reduces barriers, and creates a sense of belonging so every family can thrive.

• Phone: 206-608-3315
• Email: info@afghanhealth.org

Chinese Information and Service Center (CISC) assists over 12,000 clients annually through nearly 40 support services and programs for children, adults, and seniors that address the many challenges immigrants of all ages face as they adjust to their new lives in the United States.

CISC’s Help Me Grow program provides warm connections to services and care coordination for 250 Chinese-speaking immigrant families with children ages 0-5 each year, ensuring healthy development and well-being for children and families. Services include information and resources around child development, bicultural/bilingual developmental screenings and system navigation. CISC’s bilingual/bicultural Community Liaisons serve as cultural ambassadors and, along with caregivers, pursue services to provide ongoing support to families as they utilize community resources/services.

• Phone: 206-739-4297
• Email: wennyq@cisc-seatttle.org

FamilyWorks is a community-based organization dedicated to supporting families furthest from justice in North Seattle, providing food, resources, and holistic services that promote stability, wellbeing, and opportunity for children and caregivers.
FamilyWorks’ Help Me Grow-funded program expands our trusted resource navigation model for North Seattle families with young children, helping caregivers access benefits, connect to essential resources, and build long-term stability. Our navigators meet families where they are physically, emotionally, and culturally, assisting with applications for programs like SNAP, WIC, and Apple Health, and linking families to housing, employment, and educational supports. Services are offered at multiple locations, including school-based centers, affordable housing communities, and remotely, ensuring flexible, timely support.

• Phone: 206-647-1783
• Email: theteam@familyworksseattle.org

InterCultural Children & Family Services (ICCFS) is dedicated to strengthening families and promoting child well-being through culturally rooted programs and community partnerships. ICCFS provides a range of services, including maternal health, early intervention, kindergarten readiness, fatherhood, kinship, and youth programs.

ICCFS proudly introduces the 1...2...3 Jump: Bridge Forward Program offering warm connection system navigation services for Black, African American, Hispanic/Latino/a families with children ages 3 to 5 who have developmental delays, disabilities, or special health care needs. The program helps families access essential resources, support, and community networks to ensure every child has the opportunity to thrive.

• Phone: 253-954-5416
• Email: iccfs123jump@gmail.com

Open Arms, founded in 1997 by Black and Brown birth workers, provides free, culturally rooted perinatal and early parenting support to Black, Indigenous, and other families of color in King County.

Open Arms’ Family Support Services and Help Me Grow work offers culturally matched navigation, warm referrals, and access to baby essentials like diapers, clothes and formula. Through the Baby Boutique, weekly Helpline, 1:1 support, community events, and partner collaborations, families connect to basic needs, postpartum and lactation care, and community resources in trusted, culturally affirming spaces.

• Phone: 206-723-6868
• Email: referral@openarmsps.org

At Open Doors for Multicultural Families (ODMF), we are transforming lives and redefining inclusion. As a pioneering organization at the intersection of disability support, cultural understanding, and community empowerment, we serve as a trusted resource for multicultural individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families, providing services across the lifespan.

Through our Help Me Grow-related offerings, we provide engaging early learning experiences for children ages 0–5, supporting developmental milestones, social-emotional growth, and family bonding. Our culturally responsive case management services help families navigate complex systems, access resources, and achieve their goals, ensuring every child and family receives the support they need to thrive.

• Phone: 253-216-4479
• Email: mahadoa@opendoorswa.org

Vashon Youth & Family Services (VYFS) is a community-based nonprofit serving families in rural, unincorporated King County. Our mission is to foster a thriving community of emotionally healthy and resilient children, youth, adults, and families through trauma-informed, culturally responsive programs.

VYFS Family Place provides a welcoming hub for parents, caregivers, and young children, offering programs including Parents as Teachers, playgroups, parent education, and family support. With new Help Me Grow funding through Best Starts for Kids, VYFS will strengthen and expand warm connections and coordinated support for families prenatal through age five. Our bilingual family support team will meet families where they are—at Family Place, schools, childcare programs, home visits, and community spaces—to offer encouragement, developmental guidance, and concrete support in accessing services such as healthcare, early learning supports, transportation, and housing assistance. Building on our strong foundation and trusted relationships in the community, this investment enhances our community’s early childhood network so every family has a partner to walk alongside them and every child has the resources they need to learn, grow, and thrive.

• Phone: 206-463-5511
• Email: Jjohnson@vyfs.org

Voices of Tomorrow (VOT) is a community-rooted nonprofit dedicated to advancing early learning, family wellbeing, and provider empowerment across Washington State. Through our Help Me Grow – Warm Connections partnership, we strengthen the bridge between families and critical services — ensuring that every child and caregiver has equitable access to health, education, and social supports.

Our culturally and linguistically responsive team connects families, particularly those from East African and immigrant backgrounds to developmental screenings, behavioral health resources, housing support, and early learning programs. Through advocacy, warm connections, and trust-based care, Voices of Tomorrow ensures families are not just referred — they are accompanied every step of the way toward stability and thriving futures.

• Phone: 206-853-1345
• Email: sjimale@tomorrowvoices.org