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Best Starts for Kids Expanded Learning RFP is now open!

By School's Out Washington

School’s Out Washington (SOWA), in partnership with Best Start for Kids (BSK), is seeking proposals for the 2022-2025 King County Best Starts for Kids Expanded Learning Initiative.  The RFP and application are available here. Proposals are due on Wednesday, April 27, 2022 by 11:59 PM. Investments in the BSK Expanded Learning Initiative will strengthen and increase expanded learning opportunities for King County young people (ages 5-13) who are BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) and/or living in poverty. Expanded ...

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$9.4 million awarded to 421 youth development organizations across Washi...

On November 5, $9.4 million was awarded to 421 youth development organizations. Awards were distributed across all areas of the state with a focus on organizations most impacted by the...

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COVID-19,
Food & Basic Needs Support,
Literacy
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It takes a village—community, family, and furry friends promote reading ...

Trying new things can be nerve-wracking, so calm and non-judgmental support makes all the difference. For kids working on their reading skills in the Firwood Circle housing community in Auburn, the...

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COVID-19,
Food & Basic Needs Support
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Partnering across school, home, and community

Seattle Public Schools’ (SPS) partnership with housing providers and community-based organizations is rooted in the belief that children learn best when they experience a cohesive, stable, and safe...

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Best Starts for Kids,
COVID-19,
STEAM
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Persistence and growth-mindset—how staff and youth alike at Filipino Com...

What does it mean to fail? What needs to be renegotiated in how we talk about success and challenge? If youth workers strive to foster growth mindset in the young people they work with, what does it...

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Best Starts for Kids,
Centering Culture,
COVID-19
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Magic mamas—how parent partnership is expanding learning in Northgate

Out-of-School Time program staff are partnering with parents in new ways during this pandemic. With in-person programming mostly closed down, kids are connecting...

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COVID-19
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Boys and Girls Club of Chehalis gives youth of essential works a place t...

In an interview with Lauren Day, Executive Director of the Boys and Girls Club of Chehalis, she talked about the experience of one student in particular who became homeless right before the pandemic....

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