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

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Announcing our Second Levy Evaluation Awardee 

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Introducing Community Co-designed Guiding Principles for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health  

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UPDATED WITH NEW LINK: We’re hiring a Best Starts for Kids Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Project Manager!

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Meet the Best Starts 2025-2027 Capacity Builders!

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Child care workers and employers: We want to hear from you!

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Best Starts for Kids is hiring a Help Me Grow Program Manager!    

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Best Starts for Kids is hiring two Contracts Manager!  

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The Children, Youth, and Young Adult Division’s look back on 2024

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Technical assistance support continues: meet our consultants!

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Announcing 34 Youth Development Awardees 

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Now accepting applications for the Workforce Development Mini Grants RFA – apply by August 11!     

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Sheila Ater Capestany departs Children, Youth, and Young Adult Division; King County leaders gather to recognize her lasting impact 

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UPDATE: Best Starts Child Care Worker Wage Boost issues $2.6 million to child care workers so far in 2025

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Now accepting applications for the Youth Healing Project – apply by July 17!

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Announcing 12 Stopping the School-to-Prison Pipeline awardees  

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Two capital projects completed: Children’s Therapy Center and Encompass Northwest 

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We’re hiring a Prenatal to Five Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Program Manager!

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Announcing our Second Levy Evaluation Awardee 

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Introducing Community Co-designed Guiding Principles for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health  

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      Register for our King County Perinatal Providers Gathering: A Self Care Event on June 27 

      Register for our King County Perinatal Providers Gathering: A Self Care Event on June 27 

      by admin | May 29, 2025 | Investing Early: prenatal to 5 years

      A collage of photos from the spring 2025 King County Perinatal Providers Gathering Register! Join us for the next King County Perinatal Providers Gathering on June 27, 2025, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm. This gathering is for King County birthworkers to focus on self care....
      Register for our Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Summit: May 16 – 18, 2025 

      Register for our Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Summit: May 16 – 18, 2025 

      by admin | Feb 24, 2025 | Investing Early: prenatal to 5 years

      The deadline to register is April 28, 2025. Best Starts’ Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) strategy invites all King County providers to enhance knowledge in community and solidarity. Centering the baby in all sessions and grounding our work in equity...
      Register for the spring King County Perinatal Providers Gathering: April 3, 2025 

      Register for the spring King County Perinatal Providers Gathering: April 3, 2025 

      by admin | Feb 10, 2025 | Investing Early: prenatal to 5 years

      We’re excited to host our spring King County Perinatal Providers Gathering! This event is for King County birthworkers: doulas, home visitors, peer specialists, lactation consultants, midwives, and providers who support families during the perinatal period. It will be...

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