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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. ...
The Culturally Responsive Measurement Tool – 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 We’re excited to share A Year in Review (leer en español) that shows the impact of Best Starts funding through highlights drawn from the 2023 Best Starts for Kids Annual Report. In 2023, Best Starts...
Editor's note 3/9/26: This blog post has been updated with the latest CRMT-PF resource links and new links to the CRMT-PF in Somali and Vietnamese. Since 2020, Best Starts for Kids has worked in partnership with The Capacity Collective,...
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...
In November 2023, Best Starts Prenatal to Five (P-5) strategy partners, including Home-Based Services (HBS), Child Care Health Consultation (CCHC), and Community-Based Parenting Supports (CBPS), came together to learn and reflect on the...
The School-to-Work strategy connects students with developmental disabilities to employment services while they are still in high school transition programs. At Best Starts we know employment can be an important way for young people to connect...
At Best Starts, we want babies and young children to grow up happy, healthy, and strong. We know that exposure to even a small amount of lead can cause serious health problems for children such as damage to the brain and slowed growth. Our Lead...
We are excited to share our 2022 Annual Report: Learning, Growing, and Thriving! Read the full 2022 Best Starts Annual Report View the Best Starts Data Dashboard In 2022, Best Starts for Kids expanded into new investment areas, responding to...
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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.