Best Starts for Kids is a community-driven initiative to support every baby born and child raised in King County to reach adulthood happy, healthy, safe, and thriving. Supported by King County voters in 2015 and 2021, the initiative now includes additional funding for child care and capital projects.
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Our 2024 Impact
People Impacted
Invested in King County
Community Partners
New and Continuing Programs
Our Approach
Promotion
We increase positive opportunities available to babies, children, young people, and their families.
Prevention
We decrease factors that may prevent babies, children, and young people from growing up to be healthy and happy.
Early Intervention
We intervene early to support children and young people who need additional resources to succeed.
Policy & Systems Change
We work to change systems and policies so that all communities in the region can thrive and prosper regardless of race or place.
Our Commitment to Equity and Anti-Racism
Best Starts for Kids holds equity central to our work and we aspire to root out deeply entrenched systems of racism. We partner with communities and invest in community expertise to support where need is greatest.
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Upcoming Events and Learning Opportunities
Submit a proposal to present at the Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Summit
Best Starts is hosting our second annual Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) Summit on May 15 – 16, 2026 at Tukwila Community Center! This year’s summit is centered on “Abundance in Community.” Babies are enriched by the love, care, wisdom,...
Register for the Centering Black Excellence Symposium December 9
Join us for the Centering Black Excellence Symposium on December 9, 9:30 am to 4 pm. This event is for anyone in King County who works in the early childhood field seeking to enhance their knowledge, skills, and commitment to creating a world where young children...
Register for the King County Perinatal Providers Gathering on December 3
Join us for the King County Perinatal Providers Gathering: End of Year Social on December 3, 2025, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. This event is for King County birthworkers to celebrate and connect as we close out 2025. We’ll have activities that center wellness and self-care...
