Goal Area 2: Supportive Relationships

Below is summary information for the human services programs funded by the City in 2025 that enhance supportive relationships within families, neighborhoods, and communities. 

Organization: 4 Tomorrow

Program: Kirkland Teen Union Building

BIPOC Organization: Yes

Amount Funded (2025): $80,000

Program Overview: Provides art and music programs and other related services at the Kirkland Teen Union Building.

Organization: 4 Tomorrow

Program: Life Services

BIPOC Organization: Yes

Amount Funded (2025): $60,000

Program Overview:  A comprehensive family and individual support program focused on helping Latino and Spanish speaking East King County residents create goals related to housing stability, immigration applications, mental health treatment, educational attainment etc. Life Services coaches meet families and individuals where they are at to assess their immediate needs while helping them set short and long term goals to achieve their vision of success.

Organization: Africans on the Eastside

Program: Food & Housing Security

BIPOC Organization: Yes

Amount Funded (2025): $5,000

Program Overview: Focuses on providing “bridging the gap” human resources, advocacy and education for African immigrants, refugees and asylees who are facing food and housing crisis while also teaching self-advocacy skills and providing resources to access longer-term food and housing security.

Organization: Chinese Information & Service Center

Program: East King County Family Resource Center

BIPOC Organization: Yes

Amount Funded (2025): $15,000

Program Overview: Provides low-income, LEP Chinese, Vietnamese and Russian-speaking families on King County’s Eastside a single-entry point to obtain free cultural and systems navigation support around health, education, housing, employment, training, legal issues, benefits, programs to strengthen families, advocacy to get immigrant voices heard, and meeting basic needs for all members of the family.

Organization: Chinese Information & Service Center

Program: Russian Speaking Senior Day Program

BIPOC Organization: Yes

Amount Funded (2025): $10,000

Program Overview: Creates community and connections for isolated Russian-speaking seniors through culturally and linguistically reflective programming.

Organization: City of Kirkland

Program: Brazilian Community Support

BIPOC Organization: Yes

Amount Funded (2025) : $10,000

Program Overview: Funding for programs that provide human services and supports to the Brazilian community living in Kirkland.

Organization: Communities in Schools Renton-Tukwila

Program: Integrated Student Support

BIPOC Organization: No

Amount Funded (2025): $60,000

Program Overview: Social service professional staff work directly inside K-12 schools delivering a unique model of Integrated Student Support to address the identified needs of each school and its individual students who are facing non-academic barriers to success. Program provides supports in three different tiers: school-wide services; targeted programs; and individualized support.

Organization: Eastside Legal Assistance Program

Program: Pooled Cities General

BIPOC Organization: No

Amount Funded (2025): $30,000

Program Overview: Provides free civil legal aid to low-income residents in King County.

Organization: Imagine Housing

Program: Activities of Daily Living

BIPOC Organization: No

Amount Funded (2025): $28,000

Program Overview: Through a partnership with Full Life Care (FLC), Imagine Housing provides in-home assistance to residents of two Imagine Housing communities in Kirkland, Athene and Francis Village. A Full Life Care Resident Care Provider(RCP) delivers flexible resident-focused ADL and IADL care for residents identified by Imagine Housing staff at Athene and Francis Village.

Organization: Immigrant Women's Community Center

Program: Conflict Resolution Training

BIPOC Organization:  Yes

Amount Funded (2025):  $5,000

Program Overview: Mediation, healing circles, and conflict resolution services for low-income immigrant and refugee women and families.

Organization: Indian American Community Services

Program: Cultural Navigator

BIPOC Organization: Yes

Amount Funded (2025): $20,000

Program Overview: Offers community members access to staff, workshops, training and information to connect them to basic resources, address their concerns with support services continuing to follow up and ensure that needs are met comprehensively. IACS offers a safe and familiar space for its community to reach out during challenging times to access emergency and crises care services such as food, housing, legal and healthcare. Services are open to all regardless of religion, gender, language, socio-economic status. 

Organization: Indian American Community Services

Program: Rahat Community Human Services

BIPOC Organization: Yes

Amount Funded (2025): $20,000

Program Overview: Programming for women, seniors and youth in the Asian Indian community of King County both in-person at six popup community centers and virtually. Services for seniors address social connections, isolation, wellness, healthcare, health education and vocational training; for women focus on mentoring, interview skills, career training, employment placement; and for youth include peer mentoring, leadership training, vocational training and volunteer projects.

Organization: Kindering  

Program: Child Care & Preschool Consultation

BIPOC Organization: No

Amount Funded (2025): $21,400

Program Overview: Promotes the health, safety and development of children in childcare and preschool settings and strengthens the capacity of their parents, caregivers and early learning professionals. Consultants provide onsite observations, coaching and trainings using a healing-centered, trauma-informed approach.

Organization: MAPS - Muslim Community Resource Center (MCRC)

Program: Information, Referrals & Resources

BIPOC Organization: Yes

Amount Funded (2025): $16,050

Program Overview:  Provides walk-in and call-in assistance to anyone in need, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. MCRC provides assistance to those with cultural and language barriers that often make finding and receiving help difficult. 

Organization: Pride Across the Bridge

Program: Outreach & Programming

BIPOC Organization: No

Amount Funded (2025): $2,500

Program Overview: Community outreach and support for the LGBTQIA+ community.