Holiday closure Monday May 28: Most county offices will be closed in observance of Memorial Day.

How to find us

Phone: 206-296-4600
TTY Relay: 711

Toll-free: 800-325-6165

Click here to email us

Instructions to submit a Public Records Request

CPPW partners in action

Change takes time and it won't be easy, but CPPW partners have already taken steps to build a healthier King County.

February 2012

The Federal Way City Council votes to approve the Complete Streets Ordinance and the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan resolution.

Grantee feature

One of our coalition partners was featured in this KCPQ story on the changing future of school lunch programs.

Kudos to Auburn School District for leading this path to change!
January 2012
  • The SeaTac City Council endorses their Safe + Complete Streets Plan.
  • The Federal Way First Presbyterian Church adopts a tobacco-free campus policy with the help of Multicultural Self-Sufficiency Movement (formerly My Service Mind of Northwest).
December 2011
  • The Redmond City Council votes to allow single-family residences to keep hens. Several grassroots organizations have offered their ongoing support to ensure that Redmond community members have opportunities to learn proper animal husbandry and land management techniques for raising chickens.
  • Puget Sound ESD offers a two-day training on tobacco interventions and motivational interviewing for Head Start and ECEAP family.
November 2011
  • Auburn Regional Medical Center implements a tobacco-free campus policy. Free support groups are available for community members on site.
  • The City of Burien announces a new tobacco-free parks policy, joining five other cities in King County with smoke-free policies.
October 2011
  • The "Your Power, Your Voice: Youth Leadership Summit" brings together more than 150 students for healthier communities.
  • The Mapping Our Voices for Equality (MOVE) map, which shows how local CPPW projects are working toward healthier neighborhoods, launches.
  • Students across King County mark International Walk to School Month by walking and biking to school.
September 2011
Housing Resources Group implements smoke-free housing policies for all of its buildings.
August 2011
19 refugee and immigrant youth create a video documenting tobacco use in their community.
July 2011
Four mental health and substance use agencies, representing 17 sites, implemented tobacco-free campus policies.
June 2011
  • 75,000+ SNAP and WIC recipients living in south King County can use their benefits at 6 south-end farmers markets.
  • 128 registered PrideFest vendors pledge to implement some form of tobacco free policy.
  • Seattle Public Schools adopt new tobacco-free environment policy.
  • OneAmerica engages 100 Somali community members in Tukwila to assess barriers to physical activity. They overwhelmingly want to participate in more physical activity (83%) and need better access to parks and recreation facilities in their neighborhoods (43%).
May 2011
  • Gay City's Tobacco education campaign launches.
  • Nearly 300 people take the Soda Free Sundays pledge.
  • Harborview and UW Medical Center implement a campus-wide smoke-free policy on May 31.
April 2011
  • The King County Board of Health passes Healthy Vending Guidelines to encourage organizations in King County to provide healthier choices in vending machines
  • Workshop on smoke-free housing for people with chronic mental illness gathers 50 participants
  • Childcare centers across King County turn off the TV for Screen Free Week
  • Total number of affordable housing units planning to go smoke-free by March 2012 is over 9,000
March 2011
Seattle Gay News commits to not running tobacco advertising targeting the LGBT community as part of its partnership with Gay City and One Degree Events around Pridefest.
February 2011
A CPPW-funded media campaign increases calls to 1-800-QUIT-NOW, a free resource to help people quit tobacco, by 40 percent.
January 2011
The Healthy Foods Here Produce Manual makes it easier for small grocery and convenience stores to sell fresh produce.
Highline Medical Center goes tobacco-free.
December 2010
The King County Board of Health passes comprehensive e-cigarette regulations to protect youth in King County.
October 2010
A new education campaign spreads the word about the health impacts of consuming soda and other sugary drinks.
September 2010
CPPW partners working on comprehensive planning gain a valuable tool when the King County Board of Health adopts new Planning for Healthy Communities Guidelines. These guidelines inform planning decisions and promote health by creating environments that allow people to be physically active, eat healthy food, and live in safe and healthy places.