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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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The application deadline is November 23, 2025 at 11:59 pm Pacific. Apply now! Best Starts for Kids is hiring a Systems & Policy Change Manager to support our Communities of Opportunity investment. Job Duties Establish and maintain...
The application deadline is November 15, 2025 at 11:59 pm Pacific. Apply now! Best Starts for Kids is hiring an evaluator to support our Child Care strategies. This position is centrally located within the Performance Measurement and Evaluation...
The application deadline is October 28, 2025 at 11:59 pm Pacific. Apply now! Best Starts for Kids is hiring an Administrative Staff Assistant to support the Best Starts for Kids leadership team consisting of cross-departmental teams in Public...
We offer equity-centered workshops for King County early childhood providers.
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.