File #: 2023-0259    Version: 1
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 9/5/2023 In control: Law, Justice, Health and Human Services Committee
On agenda: Final action: 11/28/2023
Enactment date: Enactment #: 16475
Title: A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the first annual report on the second Best Starts for Kids initiative, in accordance with Ordinance 19354.
Sponsors: Pete von Reichbauer
Indexes: Best Start for Kids (BSK)
Attachments: 1. Motion 16475, 2. A. 2022 Annual Report:, Best Starts for Kids, 3. 2023-0259 transmittal letter, 4. 2023-0259 Legislative Review Form, 5. 2023-0259_SR_BSK 2022Annual Report, 6. 2023-0259_SR_BSK 2022Annual Report_LJHHS
Related files: 2021-0288, 2023-RPT0068
Staff: Leskinen, Miranda

Drafter

Clerk 07/13/2023

Title

A MOTION acknowledging receipt of the first annual report on the second Best Starts for Kids initiative, in accordance with Ordinance 19354.

Body

                     WHEREAS, King County voters approved the best starts for kids levy in 2015 to fund prevention and early intervention strategies to improve the health and well-being of children, youth, families and communities, and

                     WHEREAS, Ordinance 19267, providing for the submission of a renewed best starts for kids levy to the qualified electors of King County, was adopted by the metropolitan King County council on April 20, 2021, and signed by the executive on April 30, 2021, and

                     WHEREAS, Ordinance 19267, King County voters approved King County Proposition No. 1 on August 3, 2021, authorizing a six-year renewal of the Best Starts for Kids levy to plan, provide, administer, and evaluate promotion, prevention, and early interventions and capital investments for King County children, youth, families and communities, and

                     WHEREAS, in accordance with Ordinance 19267, the executive transmitted to the council for review and adoption an implementation plan that identified the strategies to be funded, outcomes to be achieved, and framework to measure the performance of levy strategies, and

                     WHEREAS, Ordinance 19354 adopted the Best Starts for Kids Implementation Plan, dated October 13, 2021, and

                     WHEREAS, Ordinance 19267 and Ordinance 19354 require an annual report on levy expenditures, services, and outcomes to be transmitted to the council, with the first report due by July 15, 2023, and additional yearly reports to be transmitted no later than July 15 of each year through 2027, and

                     WHEREAS, the first annual report on the second Best Starts for Kids initiative, entitled 2022 Annual Report, Best Starts for Kids, is submitted by the executive;

                     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:

                     The receipt of the first annual report on the second Best Starts for Kids initiative,

entitled 2022 Annual Report, Best Starts for Kids, Attachment A to this motion, in accordance with Ordinance 19354, is hereby acknowledged.