Youth Healing Project

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The Youth Healing Project is a youth led community funding effort that provides resources and support to organizations and young leaders advancing solutions that improve the mental health, connection, and well-being of young people ages 14-24 in King County. Partners include King County Reconnect to Opportunity, Best Starts for Kids, citiesRISE, Public Health – Seattle & King County (PHSKC)'s Cannabis, Tobacco Vaping Prevention Program, PHSKC's Overdose Prevention Program, and the Community Center for Education Results.

Focus populations for this project include communities that are historically marginalized and disproportionately impacted by historical trauma, racism, the COVID-19 pandemic, and other adverse experiences that can impact emotional and mental well-being.

The Youth Healing Project will have two separate applicant tracks, the youth applicant and organization applicant track.

• Youth applicants are young people between ages 14-24 who are interested in leading projects either collectively with another group of youth or on their own. These young people are well versed or interested in youth leadership development and should be interested in youth mental health and growing their leadership skills. Youth applicants can apply for up to $9,999.
• Organization applicants are organizations within King County well suited to support and mentor a group of young people in leadership development as well as peer-to-peer mental health support. These organizations will have experience working with and training young people to lead their own projects as well as learn more about supporting the wellbeing of other young people. Organization applicants can apply for up to $50,000.

• Download the full RFP document for details (580 KB)