The Request for Proposals to support Positive Family Connections is now open. Applications are due December 6, 2019. Positive Family Connections falls within the Best Starts strategy to Sustain the Gain for children aged 5-24. Learn more on how to apply.
Best Starts for Kids is seeking a Home-Based Services Manager. This position will lead program implementation and ongoing improvement for investments in the following areas: Parent-Child +, Evidence-Based and Evidence-Informed Home Visiting, and Community-Designed Home-Based Programs & Practice. Applications are due 12/20.
Meet our partners Eastside Pathways and NISO! With support from our Innovation Fund, a community-designed model called Promotores engages families and early learning providers to address the opportunity gap in kindergarten readiness and third grade reading levels in East King County. Learn more about this exciting collaboration to support Latinx neighbors.
The Capacity Building RFQ invited proposals from skilled capacity building organizations and individuals to form a team and partner with Best Starts for Kids leadership to provide effective and efficient capacity building services to BSK grantees. Eight capacity building individuals and teams were awarded to help support all Best Starts awardees on their journey to sustainability. Matched with 90 Best Starts partners who requested support we are excited to share more about this work.
For those interested in the Positive Family Connections RFP, but unable to join the live webinar or attend an information session, the webinar recording is now available. Click here to view the request for proposals and apply on ZoomGrants.
Best Starts for Kids is investing in a number of capacity building efforts. This is a series to explain what we mean by capacity building and why we think it is so important. You can find all earlier blog posts in the series linked at the end of this post. Today we discuss the importance of…
Our team is currently seeking an energetic leader to join the Child Care Health Team to lead the BSK implementation of the Child Care Health Consultation Program. Applications are due by 11/18.
The India Association of Western Washington removes barriers, both small and large, for King County’s immigrant communities. With six sites across the county, the organization reaches almost 15,000 people a year. Learn more about their support for children and families thanks to Best Starts for Kids funding.
We continue our capacity building series by sharing more about our Innovation partners. Each funded partner received capacity building support through a shared process of designing, developing, planning and implementing their innovative ideas for the very first time. Learn more.
At Best Starts for Kids, we know that program implementation can be incredibly complex. Learn how Best Starts tailored capacity building to best support some of our funded partners across two Best Starts strategies.
We are excited to introduce Amy Pak as our new Strategic Advisor for Help Me Grow. Most recently Amy served as the founding Executive Director of Families of Color Seattle (FOCS) and brings 20 years experience creating high impact change in King County as a coalition builder and racial equity leader. Amy joins the Best Starts for Kids leadership team and will oversee the implementation of the Best Starts Help Me Grow framework strategic plan.
