SOAR is a community collaborative focused on the success of children and youth, ages birth to eighteen, in King County.  It is governed by a partnership council of stakeholders and leaders from local organizations, government, businesses and community coalitions.

Housed at United Way of King County, SOAR is funded by four partners: United Way of King County, the City of Seattle Human Services Department, the King County Children and Family Commission, and the King County Developmental Disabilities Board.  SOAR's work is guided by two community-generated documents: the King County Early Childhood and School Readiness Action Agenda and the King County Action Agenda for School-Age Children and Youth.  SOAR works to achieve its goals through supporting community-based partnerships and goal-specific Action Teams.

SOAR strives to connect, convene and catalyze communities around common goals and strategies to create alignment between systems, sectors, organizations, providers and practice and ensure that King County's children and youth succeed in school and in life.  If you are an organization, parent, youth, business, local government, funder, coalition or other stakeholder working for the success of kids from birth to age eighteen, you are part of this vision and we encourage you to join in this exciting partnership.