This summer over 1,500 people stopped by the Best Starts for Kids booth at community events to talk, share ideas, pose in our photo booth, and build relationships! As summer comes to a close, we want to thank the kids, parents, and community members who joined us for the fun.
It’s been great connecting in person as BSK staff have been out in the community for our road show. For those unable to attend a meeting, we hosted an online webinar last Friday. The recording is available here.
We’ve visited 3 communities and have 4 more events scheduled on the Best Starts for Kids Road Show. Did you miss Best Starts in your community? Have more questions for Best Starts staff? Loved it so much you want to see it again? Join us for a short webinar presentation and online Q&A session with Best Starts…
We are now excited to share our road show calendar! Each 1.5 hour community meeting will be focused on Best Starts for Kids’ information with numerous BSK staff present. You can expect a short presentation followed by breakout sessions with BSK staff. You’ll have an opportunity to learn more about the RFP process, data, evaluation and community partnerships. Please read on for locations and times.
“Best Starts for Kids will seek to contribute to systemic and structural solutions as it continues to partner with communities to develop and implement programs that work for them.” – Excerpt from Best Starts Implementation Plan King County released the first Request for Proposal to provide homelessness prevention services under the Youth and Family Homelessness…
By Nadine Chan, PhD, MPH Epidemiologist, Public Health – Seattle & King County At a recent Communities of Opportunity meeting, Sili Savusa—a neighborhood leader in White Center—proudly shared findings from a community-led health survey. It is in fact the most comprehensive health survey in the neighborhood and captures the concerns, assets, equity issues, and diversity within the…
Over the past two months, we’ve had the opportunity to hear from hundreds of people that reflect the diversity of our King County region. Through a series of ten community conversations, we received feedback on the direction of the Best Starts for Kids implementation plan.
That input is incorporated into the implementation plan that Executive Constantine transmitted to King County Council on June 1, 2016.
Last night, we launched our first of several community conversations as the planning continues for Best Starts for Kids. A big thanks to all of you who took time on a beautiful Thursday evening to talk about the plan and help us gauge if we are moving in the right direction. This was just the…
Dates for the community conversations have been updated as of 4/18/2016. Of note, the conversation at New Holly Community Center will take place on Wednesday, May 4, 2016. See the updated schedule in this post.
Community involvement has been essential in every phase of the development of Best Starts for Kids. In the past few months, over 500 different stakeholders provided input into this phase of initial strategy development. Best Starts for Kids staff continue to synthesize input. Initial themes include: Focusing on reducing racial and cultural disparities while increasing…
