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King County Council published this news about the Best Starts for Kids plan that will now be reviewed by the full Council at the September 19th meeting. "The Metropolitan King County Council’s Health, Housing and Human Services Committee has...
The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) recently featured Communities of Opportunity's work to expand local hiring opportunities for communities of color. From the WTIA blog . . . "I (Dan Bernard) work for King County on the...
For Best Starts for Kids, we’ve had the fortune of working with a broad range of community and content experts through our Children and Youth Advisory Board (CYAB). The CYAB brings together many leaders working to create a healthier place for...
Executive Constantine previewed his Best Starts for Kids initiative this week in the Rainier Beach neighborhood as 4-year-old children graduated from the Parent-Child Home Program.
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.
In King County, many have taken note of Communities of Opportunity (COO), a ground-breaking partnership between community, the Seattle Foundation and King County to address inequities in health, social, racial, and economic outcomes. Now this...
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.