King County Parks manages around 175 miles of Leafline regional trails, including the Cedar River Trail, the Green to Cedar Rivers Trail, Eastrail, Foothills Trail, Soos Creek Trail, and more. Current trail operating hours are from dawn until dusk, but Parks is considering the possibility of expanding these hours and would like your feedback.
Take the Regional Trails Hours of Operation Survey here!
As the King County Council considers the proposed 2025 King County Budget, we are hosting a series of town halls to allow residents to learn more about the budget and give their feedback. The next Budget Town Hall will take place in Kent on October 24:
Kent Budget Town Hall
Thursday, October 24, 2024
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Kent Senior Center Social Hall
600 E Smith St, Kent 98032
I hope you'll take this opportunity to engage in King County's budget process! Go here to learn more about the budget and ways you can be involved.
Through October 31, cast your Participatory Budgeting vote in Fairwood and East Renton
Residents of five urban unincorporated areas in King County, including Fairwood and East Renton, can vote this month to choose proposals that will receive county funding to improve their communities.
This is the county’s second round of Participatory Budgeting, a two-year, community-led process in which residents gather ideas from their neighbors, create proposals from those ideas, and hold a vote to decide which proposals to pay for with county funds.
From now through Oct. 31, anyone who lives, works, owns a business, receives services, goes to school, or worships in one of these five unincorporated areas is encouraged to cast their vote either in-person or online. Find more information on how to vote here.
 VSHSL Mental Health Counseling Funding Opportunity
This RFP seeks to fund entities to provide mental health services to veterans, military servicemembers, and their respective family members, as well as seniors and their caregivers, in order to increase access to mental health care and reduce potential wait times.
Proposals are due November 6, 2024 by 2 PM. Find more information here.
Crisis Care Centers RFP
DCHS seeks Behavioral Health Agencies (BHAs) to create and operate a regional network of five Crisis Care Centers across King County. This network of Crisis Care Centers will create a new front door for people in crisis who need Behavioral Health services. The five Crisis Care Centers include:
- Four Regional Crisis Care Centers geographically distributed across King County, as follows:
- North Crisis Response Zone Crisis Care Center
- East Crisis Response Zone Crisis Care Center
- South Crisis Response Zone Crisis Care Center
- Central Crisis Response Zone Crisis Care Center
- One Youth Crisis Care Center located anywhere in King County
For more details, please visit the DCHS blog here, or if you have questions, please email dchscontracts@kingcounty.gov.
Letters of Intent for launch-ready applications are due Friday, October 25th by 2 PM. Letters of Intent for new sites are due Friday, November 22nd by 2 PM. Apply now at this link.
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