The Washington State Department of Commerce is soliciting proposals from qualified Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) interested in completing planning and predesign projects that will support readiness to apply for a Commerce capital grant program. The selected applicants will receive grant funding for planning, technical assistance, and predesign projects that would directly benefit populations and communities that have been historically underserved by capital grant programs.

No less than $5.45 million in grant funding is being offered under this solicitation, with individual planning, technical assistance, predesign, and preconstruction grant award amounts up to $200,000 per project.