No. In order to spread the reach of these dollars, please pick just one type of funding.
We will work with you to find an agency that can “host” you – please check the box that says “Check here to be connected to a host agency that has a Sacramento Business License”.
Because these are government funds, we have to keep them separate from faith activities. A faith-based group can apply to provide family support services of many kinds, but prayer or any mention of your faith cannot be a part of it. Also, people of any faith would have to be welcome to participate in the support services.
Please contact us at first5sac@saccounty.gov and we can check our list and let you know.
Yes – if you received “pass through” funds from us, you may apply. Only agencies that received First 5 Sacramento funds are barred from applying.
No, these funds are meant to serve children and families before children start K-12 school.
Check the box for the area where MOST of the funding will go – probably the individual services in this case.
Yes – administrative offices do not have to be in the priority ZIP codes, but all services offered with this funding must take place in the priority ZIP codes.
If you can tell us what you need to in less space, that is fine. You just cannot exceed the allowed space.
Yes.
Advance will be available for all funded programs that request it.
Yes, you can go back into the electronic form and edit it until the cut-off of 5 p.m. on October 9. You are welcome to resubmit a PDF form as well and we will consider the latest submission.
There is a committee of 15 community members who live in the priority zip codes who are guiding this funding process. They have determined that they are interested in funding programs that address health and well-being, families’ immediate needs, parent leadership, and systems change.
Both.
Yes, but neither organization can have received more than $10,000 in First 5 funding in the past 15 years.
Yes, grant money may be used to pay staff salaries except for salaries of child care providers in family child care homes or centers. Organizations that want to provide child care while parents participate in activities may pay those child care providers.
Yes, indirect costs are allowed for multi-year grants and max out at 15% of the total staffing, benefits, and operational costs (not subcontracts or equipment).
It varies depending on how agencies are allocating costs, but it is a portion of the shared costs – things like rent, utilities, fundraising costs, executive director salary.
If collaborating with multiple agencies, the lead applicant agency should provide the proof of insurance. If working with a fiscal agent, the fiscal agent should provide proof of insurance.
This will be determined collaboratively with the grantees, but might include things like photos, flyers, sign-in sheets, client testimonials, numbers served.
One-time grants must be spent between Feb 1, 2026 and June 30, 2026. Multi-year grants will be funded from February 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028 for a total time frame of 2.5 years.
No. A group can only apply for one of the three grant opportunities.
We will work with new organizations on capacity-building.
To be more competitive, it would be best to narrow down to one or two neighborhoods where you are going to focus your services.
If the actual program is delivered in one of the priority ZIP codes, then it would qualify.
As a check or an electronic transfer of funds into a bank account.
For More Information
Contact Lindsay Dunckel, Project Lead, at 916-876-6683
