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Best Starts for Kids

Happy, Healthy, Safe and Thriving

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See our progress in 2018! 

Every child is born full of possibility. For Best Starts for Kids, these possibilities boil down to four words: happy, healthy, safe and thriving. That is King County's vision for our kids. In 2018, Best Starts invested more than $52 million in more than 220 community partners and 400+ programs to serve children and families in our communities. 

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Best Starts

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