Announcing Developmental Screening and Referral Pilot Project Awards

Published September 12, 2018

Congratulations to our awardees for the Developmental Screening and Referral Pilot Projects funding opportunity! With a total investment of $2,000,000 over one year, Best Starts is partnering with nine organizations to pilot new, expanding and evolving developmental screening and referral programs.

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Meet to our partners:

Bella’s Creative Learning Center
Childhaven
Chinese Information and Service Center
HopeCentral Pediatrics and Behavioral Health
Mother Africa
Open Doors for Multicultural Families
Somali Health Board
United Indians of all Tribes Foundation
Voices of Tomorrow

The shared learnings from these pilot projects will inform the King County Universal Developmental Screening Strategic Plan and implementation of future universal developmental screening and referral strategies. Learn more about developmental screenings and referrals in our earlier blog post.

 

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