File #: 2021-0288    Version:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 8/17/2021 In control: Committee of the Whole
On agenda: Final action: 11/2/2021
Enactment date: 11/12/2021 Enactment #: 19354
Title: AN ORDINANCE adopting the Best Start for Kids implementation plan required by Ordinance 19267, Section 7, to govern the expenditure of Best Start for Kids levy proceeds from 2022 through 2027, to promote improved health and well-being outcomes of children and youth, as well as the families and communities in which they live.
Sponsors: Joe McDermott
Indexes: Best Start for Kids (BSK), Children, Youth
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 19354, 2. A. Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan 2022-2027, dated October 13, 2021, 3. A. Best Start for Kids Implementation Plan 2022-2027, July 2021, 4. 2021-0288 transmittal letter, 5. 2021-0288 fiscal note, 6. 2021-0288 2021-2022 Executive Proposed Financial Plan Best Starts For Kids - 000001480, 7. 2021-0288 Legislative Review Form, 8. 2021-0288_SR_RPC_090821, 9. 2021-0288_ATT4_AmendmentDeadlines, 10. 2021-0288_ATT4_AmendmentDeadlines, 11. 2021-0288_ATT5_COO_Map, 12. 2021-0288_SR_BSK IP 10-13-21, 13. 2021-0288 REDLINE of S1 ATTA-ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY, 14. 2021-0288 REDLINE OF S1-ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY, 15. 2021-0288.1_AMD S1_Technical Striker, 16. 2021-0288.1_ATTA to S1_Dated 101321, 17. 2021-0288.1_AMD1 to S1_SCA mc2 bar 10132021, 18. 2021-0288.1_AMD2 to S1_McNeal_Dembowski_Balducci_CapitalGrants barmc bar, 19. 2021-0288.1_AMD3 to S1_Balducci_consolidated reporting mc bar, 20. 2021-0288.1_AMD4 to S1_Dembowski_Data and eval bar mc, 21. 2021-0288_ATT4_Amendment_Deadlines_Schedule, 22. 2021-0288_ATT5_COO_Map, 23. 2021-0288_Revised SR_RPC101321_BSK IP
Related files: 2021-0062, 2023-0259, 2023-RPT0068, 2024-0228
Staff: Leskinen, Miranda
Title
AN ORDINANCE adopting the Best Start for Kids implementation plan required by Ordinance 19267, Section 7, to govern the expenditure of Best Start for Kids levy proceeds from 2022 through 2027, to promote improved health and well-being outcomes of children and youth, as well as the families and communities in which they live.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. In 2015, Ordinance 18088 placed a six-year Best Starts for Kids levy on the general election ballot. King County residents voted and approved the Best Starts for Kids Levy to fund prevention and early intervention strategies to improve the health and well-being of children, youth, families and communities.
2. In 2021, Ordinance 19267 placed a six-year renewal of the Best Starts for Kids levy on the ballot. King County voters approved Proposition No. 1 on August 3, 2021, authorizing the renewal of the Best Starts for Kids levy, continuing for 2022 through 2027 to fund services for King County residents in need. The levy's proceeds will be used to plan, provide, administer and evaluate promotion, prevention and early interventions and capital investments for King County children, youth, families and communities.
3.a. Ordinance 19267, Section 7, requires the executive to develop and transmit for council review and adoption by ordinance an implementation plan for the Best Starts for Kids levy. The implementation plan, once effective, will govern the expenditure of the levy's proceeds until the levy expires in 2027. The required implementation plan is Attachment A to this ordinance.
b. The implementation plan identifies the strategies to be funded and outcomes to be achieved with the use of the levy proceeds. The Best Starts for Kids implementation plan also includes a framework to measure the performance of the levy strategies in achieving their outcomes, including annual reporting on levy expenditures, services and outcomes.
c. For the purposes of this subsection 3., "outcomes" include, but are ...

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