Conducting surveys and assessments with program participants is an important part of program evaluation. At the same time, how do we ensure that program evaluation does not become a burden on families? How do we ask meaningful questions that...
Weโre excited to share A Year in Review (leer en espaรฑol) that shows the impact of Best Starts funding through highlights drawn from the 2024 Best Starts for Kids Annual Report. In 2024, Best Starts partnered with 365 community-based...
In 2023, child care health advocates and partners convened to develop A Strategic Vision for the Child Care Health Consultation System in King County. This strategic vision includes actionable recommendations and foundational investments needed...
Young people across the country and here in King County have faced increased challenges to their mental health and well-being โ a trend that started before the pandemic. Young people who are girls, Black, Brown, Indigenous, and People of...
Since 2023, three community-based organizations have been collaborating with the Best Starts for Kids data team on a unique strategy where organizations lead the process of gathering, analyzing, and sharing data about their own communities. ย ...
The Culturally Responsive Measurement Tool โ Protective Factors (CRMT-PF) is a survey with 22 questions measuring five protective factors: family resilience, knowledge of parenting & child development, social supports, concrete support, and...
Editor's note: This blog post has been updated to reflect the correct number of parent and caregiver survey respondents for 2023. The Best Starts for Kids Health Survey is a survey of King County families with children in elementary school or...
A Year in Review Download A Year in Review Weโre excited to share A Year in Review (leer en espaรฑol) that shows the impact of Best Starts funding through highlights drawn from the 2023 Best Starts for Kids Annual Report.ย In 2023, Best Starts...
Since 2020, Best Starts for Kids has worked in partnership with The Capacity Collective, community-based early learning service providers, and families to develop a culturally responsive measurement tool to measure protective factors in King...
At Best Starts, we want babies to grow up healthy and establish a strong foundation for lifelong health and well-being. Our Child Care Health Consultation (CCHC) strategy promotes the health, safety, and development of children and caregivers in...
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.