New Best Starts for Kids Year in Review features COO Highlights
Best Starts for Kids has just shared A Year in Review, which shows the impact of Best Starts funding through highlights drawn from the 2023 Best Starts for Kids Annual Report. Both were published this week.
UPDATE, July 29, 2024: A Year in Review is also available in Spanish, Resumen del año.
As one of the Best Starts for Kids investment areas, the work of Communities of Opportunity is featured in both the new Year in Review and the full Annual Report. You can find us on:
Page 14 of the Year in Review
Page 23 of the full Annual Report, and on additional pages such as the Partner Feedback by Strategy section starting on page 40. Our primary funded partners are included in the Best Starts Community Partner List, which starts on Page 46.
The Best Starts for Kids 2023 Data Dashboard provides additional measures for Best Starts for Kids programs, customizable data views, and greater geographic and financial detail organized by section and investment area.
In 2023, Best Starts partnered with 336 community-based organizations operating 591 programs to reach over 221,000 children, young people, families, and community members across King County.
Best Starts invests in eight areas, including 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. Across these investment areas, five key themes shaped Best Starts programming and results in 2023:
Meeting Families’ Needs to support families in feeling safe and stable.
Prioritizing Well-being and Mental Health to support the family unit and the whole community.
Cultivating Opportunities for Children and Young People to support their goals in education and employment.
Strengthening the Workforce to support a sustainable, robust, skilled, and well-compensated workforce to meet the needs of babies, children, and families.
Building Community Power and Capacity to support equitable systems change and organizational infrastructure.
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