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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.
The Children and Youth Advisory Board provides oversight for Best Starts for Kids. Comprised of King County residents and stakeholders with geographically and culturally diverse perspectives, board members make recommendations and monitor...
Last week, we announced a funding opportunity through Best Starts to create three new school-based health centers in our region. School-based health centers are a powerful tool to improve academic achievement and decrease health inequities. As...
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...
Best Starts for Kids received national attention yesterday as King County Executive Dow Constantine accepted a Public Official of the Year award from Governing magazine. Governing noted Executive Constantine’s leadership in creating Best Starts...
With an official signing of the legislation and a sparkling cider toast to the future of our children, King County Executive Dow Constantine joined members of the community, Children and Youth Advisory Board members, King County Council Chair...
Photo courtesy of the Somali Health Board and Childcare Resources Today marks an exciting milestone! King County Executive Dow Constantine’s plan to implement Best Starts for Kids was unanimously approved by the Metropolitan King County Council....
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...
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.