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Our winter Best Starts playlist: rewatch info sessions for opportunities releasing in October – December, 2025

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Our summer Best Starts playlist: rewatch info sessions for opportunities releasing in July – September, 2025

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Our spring Best Starts playlist: rewatch info sessions for opportunities releasing in April – June, 2025

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Our Best Starts playlist: rewatch 2024 recorded info sessions!

Were you unable to join a recent Best Starts information session? Check out this blog post to view the latest info session recordings and/or slideshows for partnership opportunities releasing in 2024.

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Our Best Starts playlist: rewatch recorded info sessions from April to December, 2023!

Were you unable to join a recent Best Starts information session? Check out this blog post to view the latest info session recordings and/or slideshows for partnership opportunities releasing this spring from April to June 2023.

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Our winter Best Starts playlist: rewatch recorded info sessions from January to March, 2023!

Were you unable to join a recent Best Starts information session? Check out this blog post to view the latest info session recordings and/or slideshows for partnership opportunities releasing this winter from January to March 2023.

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Our fall Best Starts playlist: rewatch recorded info sessions from October to December, 2022!

Were you unable to join a recent Best Starts information session? Check out this blog post to view the latest info session recordings and/or slideshows for partnership opportunities releasing this fall from October to December 2022.

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Our summer Best Starts playlist: rewatch recorded info sessions from July to September, 2022!

Were you unable to join a recent Best Starts information session? Check out this blog post to view the latest info session recordings and/or slideshows for partnership opportunities releasing this summer from July to September 2022.

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Register for the First-Ever King County Youth Leadership Summit!

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Everything you need to know: Culturally Responsive Measurement Tool- Protective Factors

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For early childhood providers: apply to join a Community Circle by April 24

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Measuring Indigenous identities: learnings from Best Starts’ evaluation team

The exclusion and erasure of Indigenous people in data is rooted in colonial research practices that are deeply embedded in Western systems of data. Indigenous people have always a collected, analyzed, and shared data in their own ways that have been ignored and discounted by many “mainstream” data projects. This underscores the need to rethink race and ethnicity measures with Indigenous people, organizations, and Native nations.

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Save the date: King County Youth Leadership Summit on May 30

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Register for the IECMH Summit on May 15-16

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Save the date: IECMH Summit on May 15-16

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In their Own Words: Community-led Data Partners Share New Reports    

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New dashboard: Find a Best Starts Capital Project near you!  

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What to expect when you take the Best Starts Health Survey

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We’re hiring an Early Supports Supervisor!

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2026 Summer activities for kids and young people

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Announcing the Communications Partner for the Child Care Worker Wage Boost Pilot  

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We’re hiring three Best Starts Strategy Leads!

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Learn More About the Youth Action Plan Transmitted to Council

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We’re changing our funding application platform; here’s what organizations need to know  

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Need help paying for child care? The Best Starts Child Care Subsidy is now enrolling families! 

King County families can now enroll in a subsidy that will help them save an average of $15,000 in child care costs.

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Introducing the new Best Starts blog! 

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We’re hiring an Educator Consultant I (Perinatal Hepatitis B Prevention)!

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Announcing 61 Investing Early RFP awardees 

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Now accepting proposals for the Best Starts for Kids Health Survey Implementation!

Now accepting proposals for the Best Starts for Kids Health Survey Implementation!

by Rainy Day Prosper | May 31, 2022 | Best Starts Funding Opportunities

Best Starts is excited to share this Request for Proposals (RFP) to support the implementation of the Best Starts for Kids Health Survey! We are seeking a contractor to provide survey research services to implement the survey multiple times through 2023 –...
King County Awards Funding to 11 School Districts to Extend Critical Program Addressing Youth Mental Health

King County Awards Funding to 11 School Districts to Extend Critical Program Addressing Youth Mental Health

by Rainy Day Prosper | May 16, 2022 | Announcements

Reposted from Cultivating Connections, the Department of Community & Human Services blog. Originally published on May 13, 2022. Washington youth are experiencing a mental health crisis. COVID-19 has exacerbated underlying issues felt by young people, including...
Now accepting applications for the Healthy and Safe Environments RFP – apply by June 21!

Now accepting applications for the Healthy and Safe Environments RFP – apply by June 21!

by Rainy Day Prosper | May 6, 2022 | Best Starts Funding Opportunities

We are excited to share that the Best Starts for Kids Healthy and Safe Environments request for proposal (RFP) is now open! This funding opportunity closes on June 21 at 2 PM PST, please submit your application by then.  Click here to view the full funding opportunity...
Now accepting applications for the Liberation and Healing from Systemic Racism RFP – apply by June 3!

Now accepting applications for the Liberation and Healing from Systemic Racism RFP – apply by June 3!

by Rainy Day Prosper | Apr 20, 2022 | Best Starts Funding Opportunities

Edited on June 2, 2022: The application deadline has shifted to June 3 at 11 PM, PST. We are excited to share that the Best Starts for Kids Liberation and Healing from Systemic Racism request for proposal (RFP) is now open! This funding opportunity closes on June 3 at...
Now accepting applications for the Positive Family Connections RFP – apply by May 24!

Now accepting applications for the Positive Family Connections RFP – apply by May 24!

by Rainy Day Prosper | Apr 12, 2022 | Best Starts Funding Opportunities

We are excited to share that the Best Starts for Kids Positive Family Connections request for proposal (RFP) is now open! This funding opportunity closes on May 24 at 2 PM, please submit your application by then. Click here to view the full funding opportunity...
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