Our Investment Areas
Best Starts partners with King County communities to strengthen programs and respond to community needs across key investment areas.
Child Care
We offer subsidies for families to make this service more affordable and invest in the child care workforce so that workers are well-compensated and supported.
Join the Child Care Subsidy Program waitlist
Need support? Call or Text 206-208-6865 or email support@bskchildcare.org
Investing Early
We build a robust system of programs for pregnant people, babies, young children, and their families and caregivers, meeting them where they are: at home, in the community, and wherever children receive care. Click on each strategy to learn more!
- Child Care Health Consultations
- Community-Based Parenting Supports
- Early Support for Infants and Toddlers
- Help Me Grow
- Home-Based Services
- Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health
- Innovation Supports
- Environmental Supports: Lead & Toxics
- Parent and Child Health Services
- Universal Developmental Screening (UDS)
- Workforce Development
Sustaining the Gain
We provide school- and community-based opportunities for children and young people to enhance their social-emotional development and mental well-being through connection with peers and supportive adults in and out of school. Click on each strategy to learn more!
- Child and Adolescent Immunizations
- Expanded Learning
- Healthy and Safe Environments
- Liberation and Healing
- Positive Family Connections
- School-Based Health Centers
- School-Based Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment/Services
- Stopping the School-to-Prison Pipeline
- Transitions to Adulthood
- Youth Development
Youth & Family Homelessness Prevention Initiative
We provide concrete resources and case management to prevent families and young people from losing stable housing.
Email: homelessnesspreventi@kingcounty.gov
Communities of Opportunity
We invest in communities by strengthening partnerships, sharing knowledge, and building capacity in communities to change systems and policies to create fair and lasting conditions in housing, health, and economic opportunities for children and their families.
Capital Projects
We improve and create physical community spaces to equitably expand access to high-quality programs and services for children, young people, and families.
Technical Assistance & Capacity Building
We provide no-cost application assistance to any organization applying for Best Starts funding. We also provide no-cost Capacity Building support to current Best Starts partners to help build organizational capacity and infrastructure.
Data & Evaluation
We collaborate with partners to gather and analyze performance data and conduct in-depth evaluations to ensure we’re moving towards our vision of happy, healthy, safe, and thriving youth and families.
Meet our past and present partners.