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 Impact
kids, youth, & caregivers served through mid-2020
Invested throughout King County
Community Partners
new community-led 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.
Learn more at Kingcounty.gov
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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Cultural Support
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Building For Equity
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