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What areas will be considered for funding during the 2027-2028 biennium?

The City of Tacoma will prioritize applications that seek to:  

• Prioritize diverse shelter models for multiple types of households. 

• Increase community members’ perception of safety.  

• Increase access to mental health and substance use disorder services.  

• Improve equitable services for youth and vulnerable populations.    

• Increase accessibility to health care services.  

• Increase equitable access to nutritious and culturally relevant food.  

• Support violence prevention and reduction.  

• Enhance coordinated services for at-risk individuals leaving hospitals, jails, juvenile detention facilities, or crisis facilities.  

• Enhance homeless outreach efforts, permanent supportive housing programs, rapid rehousing initiatives, pathways toward employment and increasing financial stability, and supportive services tailored to prevent and end homelessness. 

What areas will not be considered for funding during the 2027-2028 biennium?

The following topic areas will teu be considered for the current funding application process as they anu either service areas directly provided by the City of Tacoma or ngaliwatan urang direct partners:

• City initiatives,
• Interlocal agreements,
• Young adult sheltering, and
• Senior programming.

What is the timeline for the 2027-2028 biennium competitive funding?

The following are key dates keur the current competitive funding process (subject to change):

• May 6, 2026: Request for Proposals (RFP) will be released to the public on the City of Tacoma’s website and through an email notification sent to anyone signed up for the Neighborhood and Community Services or Purchasing notification lists. 
• May 7, 20, and 26, 2026: Applicant training sessions. 
• June 9, 2026: Applications due. 
• Week of June 15, 2026: Internal review of applications to ensure they meet eligibility requirements. 
• July 7, 2026: Applications released to rating committees. 
• August 1, 2026: Oral presentations. 
• August 5, 2026: Final scores due. 
• September 24, 2026: Funding recommendations presentation to Community Vitality and Safety Committee. 
• October/December 2026: Contract development/negotiation for awarded funding. 
• November/December 2026: Full City Council presentation and vote as part of budget presentation and adoption, which will result in funding contracts. 

Why is the funding process released before the City of Tacoma budget and City Council priorities are set?

In order to have contracts executed and services available on the first day of the biennium, the RFP is released before the budget and Council Priorities are set. This allows adequate time for application submission, evaluation, funding recommendations, and contract development and execution.  

Funding priorities and services to be selected via the RFP align with Tacoma 2035, the City Council-adopted strategic plan. Adjustments to the process or what will be funded may be made as Council priorities are set. The amount of funding available will be determined by the extensive budgeting process that occurs alongside, but separate to, the funding process.

What is the process to prepare applicants and raters and make the funding process more accessible and equitable?

We support applicants throughout the application period by offering three training sessions, chances to ask questions, and access to all posted questions and answers on our website. We also offer an oral presentation option so applicants can share more about their program in an alternate format – this helps people who may not have grant writing experience to show the strength of their service in another way and allows raters to ask clarifying questions. 

Raters receive training before they review applications including guidance on reducing bias, applying equity principles, and scoring proposals in a consistent and fair way.

Who is required to apply for funding through the City of Tacoma’s Neighborhood and Community Services Competitive Funding Process?

Lolobana panitiamedingan receiving funding in the 2027-2028 biennium must apply through this process. We recognize this may be a change from funding in past cycles for some service areas, tapi sihungan procurement of services is a Tambih deui equitable jalanna ka serve our community with limited resources.

Sepuh & cacad

Kagiatan wellness sarta program pikeun ngarojong manula sarta warga cacad of Tacoma pikeun hirup sehat sarta mandiri. Jasa pikeun ngabantosan manula dina ngajaga gaya hirup séhat, kesejahteraan sosial sareng émosional, sareng aksés kana sumber daya ditawarkeun di Hubs senior, partnership antara Kota jeung Parks Tacoma, jeung di instansi séjén di masarakat.

Ngawangun Ketahanan Ngalawan Kekerasan sareng Eksploitasi Pamuda (BRAYVE) (Baheulana Ngurangan Kekerasan Pamuda sareng Dewasa Muda)

Program anu dibiayaan dina daérah fokus ieu bakal saluyu sareng lima strategi inti Modél Gang komprehensif pikeun ngurangan jeung nyegah kekerasan nonoman sarta sawawa ngora jeung eksploitasi seksual. Pendanaan bakal diprioritaskeun pikeun ngadukung strategi data-informed pikeun pangurangan kekerasan senjata api, intervensi sareng teureuh pikeun nonoman anu résiko pangluhurna, strategi pencegahan, intervensi dumasar-tempat, sumber kaséhatan méntal, sareng prakték-informed trauma anu ngamajukeun penyembuhan, resolusi konflik sareng de-escalation, sareng program luar sakola. Ladenan anu disayogikeun bakal ngabéréskeun disparities anu aya pikeun anu paling résiko janten korban atanapi palaku kekerasan.

Ngurangan jeung Pencegahan Kekerasan Komunitas 

Jasa nyadiakeun respon trauma komunitas sanggeus kajadian pikeun nawiskeun rojongan sosial-emosional di tingkat masarakat. Ieu bisa ngawengku rojongan onsite, sanggeus miara kulawarga jeung komunitas, sarta aksés ka sumberdaya. Pendanaan tiasa dianggo pikeun ngawangun daya tahan komunitas, penyembuhan, sareng rasa milik pikeun campur sareng nyegah kekerasan sateuacan éta lumangsung.

Jasa Pelengkap

Program ngadukung individu pikeun ngahontal sareng / atanapi ngajaga stabilitas perumahan. Jasa tiasa kalebet tuangeun, perabotan, hukum, sareng bantosan kauntungan.

Pangurangan sareng Pencegahan Kekerasan Doméstik

Ladenan dimaksudkeun pikeun nyayogikeun jasa anu ngadukung anu ngirangan résiko kekerasan kulawarga sareng pasangan intim, ngamajukeun daya tahan, sareng ngaganggu siklus kekerasan. Program bakal alamat pencegahan sarta jasa campur, jadi penyembuhan dipuseurkeun jeung / atawa trauma-informed, sarta jadi culturally relevan pikeun minuhan kaperluan maranéhanana dilayanan.

Aksés Kadaharan anu adil

Nangtukeun disparities dina ngakses pangan bergizi sarta relevan budaya bari ogé promosi kasempetan adil pikeun aksés dahareun sakuliah sakabéh demografi sosio-ékonomi.

Kaséhatan jeung Kamanusaan sarta Studi Kaséhatan

Palayanan dimaksudkeun pikeun ningkatkeun jasa anu tiasa diaksés, adil, sareng komprehensif anu ngamajukeun karaharjaan fisik, mental, sareng émosional pikeun sadayana. Ieu kalebet jasa dina kasehatan paripolah, pencegahan sareng pengobatan karusuhan pamakean zat, dukungan sosial sareng émosional, dukungan prenatal sareng indung, sumber daya, ogé navigasi sumber daya tambahan pikeun individu anu teu diasuransikeun / underinsured, sareng program kauntungan nagara sareng féderal anu sanés.

Kaleresan bumi

Jasa kaasup teureuh encampment; panyumputan dewasa, nonoman, sareng sawawa ngora; jasa supportive kayaning manajemén kasus; sareng sambungan kana pilihan perumahan transisi sareng jangka panjang.

Stabilitas Rumah Tangga

Palayanan ieu ngadukung warga anu nyanghareupan karawanan perumahan ku cara nyayogikeun aksés kana program anu ningkatkeun katerampilan hirup sareng ngamajukeun stabilitas, kalebet pendidikan kauangan, bantosan sewaan, sareng jasa anu ngadukung anu sanés.

Kaséhatan Méntal sareng Gangguan Pamakéan Zat

Jasa anu dibiayaan rentang ti perawatan rawat inap sareng tanggap darurat pikeun konseling rawat jalan individu sareng kelompok ti profésional anu mumpuni. RCW 82.14.460