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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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      Non-Best Starts for Kids Funding Opportunities List – July to September deadlines

      Non-Best Starts for Kids Funding Opportunities List – July to September deadlines

      by admin | Jul 8, 2025 | Funding Opportunities, Non-Best Starts Funding

      At Best Starts we are working to build long-term sustainable supports for our community so that every baby born and child raised is happy, healthy, safe and thriving. Part of building sustainable systems is recognizing we can’t do it all on our own.   ...
      Now accepting applications for the Workforce Development Mini Grants RFA – apply by August 11!     

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

      by admin | Jun 30, 2025 | Announcements, Funding Calendar, Funding Opportunities, Info Sessions, Request for Proposals

      We are excited to share the Workforce Development Mini Grants Request for Applications (RFA) is now open! This funding opportunity closes on Monday August 11, 2025 at 4 PM, please submit your application by then.    Click here to view the full funding...
      Now accepting applications for the Help Me Grow RFP – apply by July 18!     

      Now accepting applications for the Help Me Grow RFP – apply by July 18!     

      by admin | Jun 16, 2025 | Funding Calendar, Funding Opportunities, Info Sessions, Investing Early: prenatal to 5 years, Request for Proposals

      We are excited to share the Best Starts for Kids Help Me Grow request for proposals (RFP) is now open! This funding opportunity closes on Friday, July 18, 2025 at 12PM, please submit your application by then.    Click here to view the full funding...
      Non-Best Starts for Kids Funding Opportunities List – July to September deadlines

      Non-Best Starts for Kids Funding Opportunities List – May to July deadlines

      by admin | Apr 28, 2025 | Funding Opportunities, Non-Best Starts Funding

      At Best Starts we are working to build long-term sustainable supports for our community so that every baby born and child raised is happy, healthy, safe and thriving. Part of building sustainable systems is recognizing we can’t do it all on our own.   ...
      Now accepting applications for the Investing Early Together RFP – apply by June 20!    

      Now accepting applications for the Investing Early Together RFP – apply by June 20!    

      by admin | Apr 28, 2025 | Funding Calendar, Funding Opportunities, Info Sessions, Investing Early: prenatal to 5 years, Request for Proposals

      We are excited to share the Best Starts for Kids Investing Early Together: Community-Based Parenting Supports, Home-Based Services, and Universal Developmental Screening & Promotion request for proposals (RFP) is now open! This funding opportunity closes on...
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