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Important Announcement! Please share this message (currently available in 10 languages) with child care providers, families, and communities. This post has been updated to include an Arabic, Dari, and Pashto translation. English Do...
This was originally posted on the Department of Community & Human Services blog. A message from Department of Community & Human Services Director, Leo Flor on the outgoing Best Starts leadership team. Since King County voters first...
This was originally posted on the Department of Community & Human Services blog. Last week, Dr. Gupta joined King County Executive Dow Constantine, DCHS Director Leo Flor, students, a parent of an alumni, and staff for a tour of the...
After a robust process that drew a competitive and open pool of applicants and included multiple stages of interviews with Best Starts staff and community partners, we are excited to announce our new Best Starts of Kids Co-leads: Jamalia Jones...
In recognition of the important work of child care providers, King County Executive Dow Constantine issued a proclamation designating May 12 as Child Care Provider Appreciation Day. "Child care workers are invaluable to our community and we...
Students, community partners, King County Executive Dow Constantine, and Best Starts and King County leadership, celebrated the opening of a new school-based health center at Highline High School in Burien last month. School-based health...
We reached about 90 percent of providers in the county, representing 12,000 workers who will receive a one-time payment between $400 and $500. Those payments will be going out August through September.
Sheila Ater Capestany, Director of King County’s Children, Youth and Young Adult Division and DCHSLead for Best Starts for Kids This was originally posted on the Department of Community and Human Services Cultivating Connections Blog. King...
Today, King County Executive Dow Constantine announced his plan for the six-year Best Starts for Kids levy renewal to continue building toward our long-term vision for King County's children, youth, and families.
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.
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.