Supporting pregnant and parenting families with young children, from prenatal development to age 5, at home, in the community, or wherever children receive care.
The Workforce Development (WFD) strategy provides training, technical assistance, and peer learning opportunities to build the knowledge and skills of early childhood practitioners in three content areas: racial equity, infant and early...
Best Starts’ UDS strategy provides information, training, tools, and connections among providers to ensure all King County children receive culturally appropriate, high-quality developmental screening throughout early childhood. Early childhood...
Public Health—Seattle & King County’s Parent and Child Health Services provide a range of vital supports at home, clinic, and community settings to pregnant individuals and parenting families. The services address gaps in basic needs and...
Communities of color have long been charting the path forward on environmental justice. The Lead and Toxics Program (LTP) builds on this leadership to prevent childhood lead poisoning, identify and reduce exposures to environmental toxics, and...
The Innovation Supports strategy leverages the creativity and expertise of community to support innovative community-driven approaches and programs that meet the strengths and challenges of communities across King County. The Innovation Supports...
The Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH) strategy focuses on improving social and emotional outcomes of young children 0-5 years old. Approaches include training and reflective consultation — a practice emerging from the...
We know that early positive interactions between caregivers and their children can have a great impact on success later in life. Home-based services are a type of relationship-based support provided by trained home visitors to expecting...
Help Me Grow is a national model designed to support families and their children by connecting them to what they need, when and how they need it. Help Me Grow King County (HMGKC) is rooted in the values of self-determination, strength, and...
Early Support for Infants and Toddlers (ESIT) promotes equitable outcomes for families with children, aged birth to three, who have developmental delays or disabilities. Eligible infants and toddlers, and their families, are entitled to...
The CBPS strategy provides community-centered, peer-based services to strengthen protective factors, mitigate risk, and increase health, safety, and social/emotional well-being of pregnant individuals, parents, and caregivers of children aged...
This dashboard shows the impact of Best Starts funding across its eight investment areas: Child Care, Investing Early, Sustain the Gain, Youth and Family Homelessness Prevention Initiative, Communities of Opportunity, Capital Projects, Technical Assistance and Capacity Building, and Data and Evaluation.