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Beginning in 2026, the Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) is using Agiloft to manage funding opportunities, also known as solicitations. Best Starts funding opportunities, in both DCHS and Public Health – Seattle & King County...
King County families can now enroll in a subsidy that will help them save an average of $15,000 in child care costs.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.