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Our winter Best Starts playlist: rewatch info sessions for opportunities releasing in October – December, 2025

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Our summer Best Starts playlist: rewatch info sessions for opportunities releasing in July – September, 2025

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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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Register for the First-Ever King County Youth Leadership Summit!

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Everything you need to know: Culturally Responsive Measurement Tool- Protective Factors

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For early childhood providers: apply to join a Community Circle by April 24

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Measuring Indigenous identities: learnings from Best Starts’ evaluation team

The exclusion and erasure of Indigenous people in data is rooted in colonial research practices that are deeply embedded in Western systems of data. Indigenous people have always a collected, analyzed, and shared data in their own ways that have been ignored and discounted by many “mainstream” data projects. This underscores the need to rethink race and ethnicity measures with Indigenous people, organizations, and Native nations.

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Save the date: King County Youth Leadership Summit on May 30

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Save the date: IECMH Summit on May 15-16

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

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What to expect when you take the Best Starts Health Survey

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2026 Summer activities for kids and young people

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We’re hiring three Best Starts Strategy Leads!

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Learn More About the Youth Action Plan Transmitted to Council

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We’re changing our funding application platform; here’s what organizations need to know  

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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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We’re hiring an Educator Consultant I (Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention)!

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Announcing 61 Investing Early RFP awardees 

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We’re hiring an Infant Mortality Prevention and Early Relationships Project/Program Manager III!

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Now accepting applications for the Lead in Traditional Eyeliner: Community Outreach and Education RFA  – apply by May 29!    

Now accepting applications for the Lead in Traditional Eyeliner: Community Outreach and Education RFA  – apply by May 29!    

by Best Starts for Kids | Apr 17, 2026 | Best Starts Funding Opportunities

We are excited to share that the Lead in Traditional Eyeliner: Community Outreach and Education Request for Applications (RFA) is now open! This funding opportunity closes on Friday, May 29, 2026 at 2:00 pm.   Review the full funding opportunity details. How to apply ...
Register for the First-Ever King County Youth Leadership Summit!

Register for the First-Ever King County Youth Leadership Summit!

by Best Starts for Kids | Apr 15, 2026 | Events & Workshops

Registration is open for the King County Youth Leadership Summit and we want you to be part of this historic day! Designed by and for young people, this summit is a unique opportunity for leaders and aspiring changemakers ages 14-24 to gather from every corner of King...
2026 Summer activities for kids and young people

2026 Summer activities for kids and young people

by Best Starts for Kids | Apr 14, 2026 | Announcements

We know that many parents and caregivers are looking for summer camps and activities that are low- or no-cost. Each year Best Starts highlights affordable activities and camps available to King County kids and young people. We will continually update this list so if...
Everything you need to know: Culturally Responsive Measurement Tool- Protective Factors

Everything you need to know: Culturally Responsive Measurement Tool- Protective Factors

by Best Starts for Kids | Apr 9, 2026 | Data and Evaluation

Measuring protective factors is a strengths-based way of understanding the health and well-being of families and communities. The Culturally Responsive Measurement Tool – Protective Factors (CRMT-PF) is a 22-question survey that measures 5 protective factors: Family...
Announcing the Communications Partner for the Child Care Worker Wage Boost Pilot  

Announcing the Communications Partner for the Child Care Worker Wage Boost Pilot  

by Best Starts for Kids | Apr 9, 2026 | Announcements

Child care workers provide an essential service to our children, families, community and economy, but most child care workers live near or under the poverty line. Best Starts is investing in the child care workforce to...
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