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Children and families thrive when they have access to the resources they need – when, where, and how they need them. Our Help Me Grow strategy provides families with warm connections and direct support – not just referrals – to navigate systems...
Young people have deep expertise about the resources and supports they and their peers need to be well. That's why Best Starts funds the Youth Healing Project, which provides mini grants to young people to create mental health supports for their...
The application deadline is November 23, 2025 at 11:59 pm Pacific. Apply now! Best Starts for Kids is hiring a Systems & Policy Change Manager to support our Communities of Opportunity investment. Job Duties Establish and maintain...
The application deadline is November 15, 2025 at 11:59 pm Pacific. Apply now! Best Starts for Kids is hiring an evaluator to support our Child Care strategies. This position is centrally located within the Performance Measurement and Evaluation...
The application deadline is October 28, 2025 at 11:59 pm Pacific. Apply now! Best Starts for Kids is hiring an Administrative Staff Assistant to support the Best Starts for Kids leadership team consisting of cross-departmental teams in Public...
Best Starts for Kids is hiring a Data Team Intern III (Graduate Intern) to support several evaluation projects with our Technical Assistance and Capacity Building program and Communities of Opportunity team. This internship is anticipated to...
Families need accessible community spaces and quality programming for children to grow up happy, healthy, safe, and thriving. Through Best Starts Capital Program Priority 3 request for proposals, we are excited to expand child care...
Best Starts for Kids and The Capacity Collective are hosting one-hour long focus groups to understand potential supports and barriers to implementing the Culturally Responsive Measurement Tool – Protective Factors (CRMT-PF) in early learning...
The application deadline is August 2, 2025 at 11:59 pm Pacific. Apply Best Starts for Kids is hiring a Capital Program Manager III to oversee investments related to pre-development, construction, maintenance, renovation and expansion...
Best Starts’ partner, ORS Impact, is recruiting participants for an Evaluation Advisory Committee to help provide guidance to the evaluation of the second Best Starts for Kids Levy. If you are with a provider organization: Fill out this form to...
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.