In the first year of Best Starts’ initiative to prevent youth and family homelessness, partners together prevented more than 3,000 people from becoming homeless. 96% of the young people and families who received services through the initiative still had a place to live as of September 2017, the latest data available.
These were just a few of the headlines following the recent launch of the first Best Starts for Kids strategy. The event was hosted by Mother Africa–one of the 27 funded agencies to implement the homelessness prevention approach. “King County announces grants in fight against homelessness” – The Seattle Times and “First Best Starts For…
“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…
King County has released a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Homelessness Prevention Services under the Youth and Family Homelessness Prevention Initiative (YFHPI), the first program that will be implemented through Best Starts for Kids. Information on the RFP is available for agencies at the County’s procurement website. Want to learn more? The County will host…
The first strategy funded by Executive Constantine’s Best Starts for Kids initiative is focusing on preventing youth and family homelessness. The approach is based on a highly successful pilot project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The Best Starts for Kids levy includes $19 million for a Youth and Family Homelessness Prevention Initiative that is intended to “prevent and divert children and youth and their families from becoming homeless.” King County Executive Dow Constantine transmitted that initiative on March 1, 2016 to the Metropolitan King County Council for their review and…
