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.
Announcements
Explore new and exciting updates from Best Starts for Kids.
Introducing the new Best Starts blog!
We’re excited to introduce the new Best Starts for Kids blog! Best Starts partnered with Resource Media to redesign and create a site that is responsive, accessible, easy to navigate, and aligned with our core values. Thank you to our community...
We’re hiring an Educator Consultant I (Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention)!
The application deadline is January 5, 2026 at 11:59 pm Pacific. Best Starts for Kids is hiring an Educator Consultant I (Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention)! The position will develop and strengthen collaborative partnerships, enhance hepatitis...
Announcing 61 Investing Early RFP awardees
Children grow up healthy and thrive when expecting parents, babies, and young children are supported during their critical development years alongside their families and caregivers. Through our Investing Early Together request for proposals,...
We’re hiring an Infant Mortality Prevention and Early Relationships Project/Program Manager III!
The application deadline is December 31, 2025 at 11:59 pm Pacific. Best Starts for Kids is hiring an Infant Mortality Prevention and Early Relationships Project/Program Manager III! The position will lead implementation and coordination of the...
Apply to join the Centering Black Excellence Community Workgroup
Best Starts Early Support for Infants and Toddlers (ESIT) strategy is seeking community members to join a new Centering Black Excellence Community Workgroup! The workgroup will help guide ESIT priorities and recommendations so that they remain...
Join King County’s Youth Bill of Rights Task Force!
Are you a young person who wants to shape local government and policy? Apply to join the King County Youth Bill of Rights Task Force by December 1! The King County Youth Bill of Rights will be launching a fourth cohort...
We’re hiring a Youth Well-Being Program Coordinator!
The application deadline is November 30, 2025 at 11:59 pm Pacific. Apply now! Best Starts for Kids is hiring a Youth Well-Being Program Coordinator! Job Duties Participate in planning and program development for the Public Health-Seattle King...
Announcing 8 Help Me Grow awardees
Children and families thrive when they have access to the resources they need – when, where, and how they need them. Our Help Me Grow strategy provides families with warm connections and direct support – not just referrals – to navigate systems...
Announcing the 27 awardees of the Youth Healing Project
Young people have deep expertise about the resources and supports they and their peers need to be well. That's why Best Starts funds the Youth Healing Project, which provides mini grants to young people to create mental health supports for their...
Best Starts Workshops
We offer equity-centered workshops for King County early childhood providers.
Best Starts for Kids Dashboard
This dashboard shows the impact of Best Starts funding across its eight investment areas: Child Care, Investing Early, Sustain the Gain, Youth and Family Homelessness Prevention Initiative, Communities of Opportunity, Capital Projects, Technical Assistance and Capacity Building, and Data and Evaluation.