As BIPOC Mental Health Month comes to a close, we at the Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) want to highlight some of the work DCHS is doing to address BIPOC mental health and increase culturally relevant programming.
Best Starts for Kids
Best Starts for Kids (BSK): is considered the most comprehensive approach to child development in the nation. Best Starts invests an average of $65 million per year to support King County families and children so that babies are born healthy, children thrive, and young people grow into happy, healthy adults.
Young people speaking up about mental health: Adar Abdi
This was originally posted on the Best Starts for Kids blog. To honor BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month, we are featuring a story from a young person who explores the impacts of mental health challenges and the public health crisis of systemic racism. Across our region and country, young people are navigating the ramifications of racism…
Continue reading ➞ Young people speaking up about mental health: Adar Abdi
Hear community stories from the Best Starts for Kids 2021 Annual Report
This was originally posted on the Best Starts for Kids blog. We are proud to share our 2021 annual report! Read the full annual report here In a year that fluctuated between high hopes and continued struggles, strong relationships served as the backbone for communities across King County as we navigated the ongoing dual pandemic…
Continue reading ➞ Hear community stories from the Best Starts for Kids 2021 Annual Report
DCHS Announces Funding Awards for New Child Care Subsidy Program Launched by King County
The Department of Community and Human Services is pleased to announce awards to five organizations that will help build, administer, and promote the new Best Starts for Kids Child Care Subsidy Program. This investment is meant to ease the costs for families where child care can be inaccessible. Funded partners will work to connect disparate systems,…
King County, City of Seattle partner to provide payments to child care workers, promote retention
Sheila Ater Capestany, Director of King County's Children, Youth and Young Adult Division and DCHSLead for Best Starts for Kids King County and the City of Seattle announced this week a plan to provide one-time retention payments to eligible child care workers across King County. King County is dedicating $5 million from the Best Starts…
Young people speaking up about mental health: George Olebar
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we want to share a story featuring a young person who is living through a disruptive pandemic and highlight upcoming events and resources to support your mental and emotional health beyond May.
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