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Our Best Starts playlist: rewatch 2024 recorded info sessions!

Were you unable to join a recent Best Starts information session? Check out this blog post to view the latest info session recordings and/or slideshows for partnership opportunities releasing in 2024.

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Our Best Starts playlist: rewatch recorded info sessions from April to December, 2023!

Were you unable to join a recent Best Starts information session? Check out this blog post to view the latest info session recordings and/or slideshows for partnership opportunities releasing this spring from April to June 2023.

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Our winter Best Starts playlist: rewatch recorded info sessions from January to March, 2023!

Were you unable to join a recent Best Starts information session? Check out this blog post to view the latest info session recordings and/or slideshows for partnership opportunities releasing this winter from January to March 2023.

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Our fall Best Starts playlist: rewatch recorded info sessions from October to December, 2022!

Were you unable to join a recent Best Starts information session? Check out this blog post to view the latest info session recordings and/or slideshows for partnership opportunities releasing this fall from October to December 2022.

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Our summer Best Starts playlist: rewatch recorded info sessions from July to September, 2022!

Were you unable to join a recent Best Starts information session? Check out this blog post to view the latest info session recordings and/or slideshows for partnership opportunities releasing this summer from July to September 2022.

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In their Own Words: Community-led Data Partners Share New Reports    

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New dashboard: Find a Best Starts Capital Project near you!  

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What to expect when you take the Best Starts Health Survey

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Centering communities in program evaluation: Villa Comunitaria’s experience  

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We’re hiring three Best Starts Strategy Leads!

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Need help paying for child care? The Best Starts Child Care Subsidy is now enrolling families! 

King County families can now enroll in a subsidy that will help them save an average of $15,000 in child care costs.

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Introducing the new Best Starts blog! 

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Register for the IECMH Summit on May 15-16

Register for the IECMH Summit on May 15-16

by Best Starts for Kids | Mar 20, 2026 | Events & Workshops

Registration is now open for Best Starts Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) Summit on May 15-16, 2026! We invite all King County providers to enhance knowledge in community and solidarity. Centering the baby in all sessions and grounding our work in...
Non-Best Starts for Kids Funding Opportunities List – March to May deadlines

Non-Best Starts for Kids Funding Opportunities List – March to May deadlines

by Best Starts for Kids | Mar 9, 2026 | Non-Best Starts Funding Opportunities

Editor’s note 3/19/26: Two new funding opportunities have been added to the Upcoming Funding Opportunities document. Best Starts is not involved in the applications or decisions of the following funding opportunities.  Non-Best Starts Funding...
For existing Best Starts partners: Now accepting applications for the Capacity Building Small Grants 

For existing Best Starts partners: Now accepting applications for the Capacity Building Small Grants 

by Best Starts for Kids | Mar 3, 2026 | Best Starts Funding Opportunities

Editor’s note 3/19/26: To access the recorded information session and slide deck, visit our Info Sessions page. We are excited to share that a Capacity Building Small Grant opportunity for current Best Starts for Kids partners is now...
We’re hiring three Best Starts Strategy Leads!

We’re hiring three Best Starts Strategy Leads!

by Best Starts for Kids | Mar 3, 2026 | Announcements

The application deadline is 11:59 pm March 14, 2026 Pacific. Best Starts for Kids is hiring three Strategy Leads to lead Best Starts’ Transitions to Adulthood, Stopping the School to Prison Pipeline and Liberation and Healing from Systemic Racism strategies...
Learn More About the Youth Action Plan Transmitted to Council

Learn More About the Youth Action Plan Transmitted to Council

by Best Starts for Kids | Mar 2, 2026 | News

This was originally posted on the DCHS Cultivating Connections blog. The well-being of young people is vital to the success of our communities. The Youth Action Plan is King County’s commitment to youth happiness,...
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