LAKEPORT, Calif. – For nearly 20 years, First 5 Lake has funded valuable community services benefiting young children and their families in Lake County using funds derived from California Proposition 10’s voter-mandated tax on tobacco products.

Program grants frequently range from $20,000 to $115,000 per year.

The First 5 Lake Commission is now seeking proposals for one-, two- or three-year grant projects addressing one or more of the following goals:

1. Increased access to parenting education, meeting the diverse needs of all Lake County parents of children 0-to-5.

2. Family networks of support are strengthened and enriching social connections are increased for all Lake County families with children 0-to-5.

3. Increased access to high-quality, developmentally appropriate, trauma-informed child care and early education for all Lake County children 0-to-5.

4. Increased access to health and therapeutic services benefiting all Lake County children prenatally through age 5.

5. Increased access to an integrated, strategic and user-friendly service delivery system that is continually adapting to enable our community to give all Lake County children the best possible start in life.

Instructions for those interested in applying and the full request for proposals packet can be found at www.firstfivelake.org.

A non-mandatory pre-bidder’s conference will be held on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 10:30 a.m. in the Round Room at Mendocino College’s Lake Campus, 2565 Parallel Drive in Lakeport.

The deadline to submit proposals is Jan. 10, 2019, at 5 p.m.

If you have questions or would like further information, please contact the First 5 Lake office at 707-263-6169.