Best Starts for Kids is a community-driven initiative to support every baby born and child raised in King County to reach adulthood happy, healthy, safe, and thriving. Supported by King County voters in 2015 and 2021, the initiative now includes additional funding for child care and capital projects.
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Our 2024 Impact
People Impacted
Invested in King County
Community Partners
New and Continuing Programs
Our Approach
Promotion
We increase positive opportunities available to babies, children, young people, and their families.
Prevention
We decrease factors that may prevent babies, children, and young people from growing up to be healthy and happy.
Early Intervention
We intervene early to support children and young people who need additional resources to succeed.
Policy & Systems Change
We work to change systems and policies so that all communities in the region can thrive and prosper regardless of race or place.
Our Commitment to Equity and Anti-Racism
Best Starts for Kids holds equity central to our work and we aspire to root out deeply entrenched systems of racism. We partner with communities and invest in community expertise to support where need is greatest.
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Upcoming Events and Learning Opportunities
The Best Starts for Kids 2025 Roadshow is heading to the Snoqualmie Valley!
If you work with pregnant people, babies, kids, or young people in King County, we hope to see you at one, or all, our stops this fall. The Best Starts Roadshow is all about bringing together our community partners, staff, and local city officials to build...
The Best Starts for Kids 2025 Roadshow is heading to the Eastside!
If you work with pregnant people, babies, kids, or young people in King County, we hope to see you at one, or all, our stops this fall. The Best Starts Roadshow is all about bringing together our community partners, staff, and local city officials to build...
Centering Black Excellence in Early Support for Infants and Toddlers: Register for a Community Conversation!
Best Starts Early Support for Infants and Toddlers (ESIT) strategy is hosting community conversations on Centering Black Excellence within ESIT. Conversations will be facilitated by Adana Protonentis and are designed to uplift and center the voices of Black and...
