Discover our partners and the meaningful impact they make every day.
Who do you turn to when you need advice when raising children with developmental differences? A trusted friend? Someone who shares your values and understands what you are going through? A Parent Champion is just that. ...
Each year the Reconnect to Opportunity (ReOpp) Back-to-School Resource Fair hands out free school supplies, backpacks, food bags, and more to young people across King County, in partnership with...
Hundreds of young people celebrated earning their secondary credentials (GEDs or high school diplomas) last month, supported by programs in the Department of Community & Human Services’ Children, Youth and Young Adult...
Young people from every corner of King County came together at the Museum of Flight on a sunny Saturday in May to build a shared vision of youth leadership in our region.
Child care is the work that makes all other work possible. But for too long, child care workers have been underpaid and underrecognized for the essential work they do. We’re working to change that. That’s why we launched the Best...
This year, Supportive Childcare Provider Alliance (SCPA) celebrated 27 childcare providers who completed the SCPA Childcare Business 101 training series. The series is designed for new, emerging, and existing childcare providers, who attended 10...
When infrastructure and community spaces are safe and align with the community’s needs, children and families can be happy, healthy, and safe. Through our Capital Program Priority 2 request for proposals, Best Starts is supporting...
Families shared that the subsidy overwhelmingly improved their well-being, ability to pay for basic needs, their relationships, and pursue goals.
This was originally posted on the Department of Community & Human Services Cultivating Connections blog. The Children, Youth, and Young Adult Division (CYYAD) works to ensure all young people in King County have equitable opportunities to be...
In the span of a little more than a year, 19-year-old Jordan Kinney shifted from feeling hopeless to securing a dream job, with help from King County youth programs. Earlier this year, we shared Jordan’s story, just after he had...
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.