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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...
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...
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...
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...
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.