South King County HEZ
South King County HEZ Timeline (2023 - present)
June 2025
From January to May 2025, an online survey was shared to gather community ideas and input about health priorities in the South King County Health Equity Zone. This survey is now closed. Thank you for your participation in informing community health efforts in this zone!
May 2025
A gathering was held in Tukwila to convene community members and share back health priorities learned during Year 1. Community members came together to decide which of the identified health priorities would be most pressing to address in the next year, and which community health goals and projects may be feasible to pursue.
April 2025
The Congolese Integration Network hosted a second community focus group on April 29 in SeaTac, where community members discussed health priorities and goals that are important in this zone. The SKC Coalition continued to share out the online survey to community members in this zone as well.
March 2025
Community engagement and outreach efforts were the focus of the South King County HEZ this month. The Congolese Integration Network, one of the South King County HEZ Coalition organizations, led a focus group on March 25 to discuss community health priorities and goals. In addition, the Coalition has continued to share the online survey throughout the Burien, SeaTac, and Tukwila region to engage with community members outside of in-person events.
February 2025
The South King County HEZ facilitated a focus group with English Language Learners in SeaTac on February 25. Through this focus group, community members shared what their priorities and goals are for community health in this Health Equity Zone.
January 2025
To start off the new year, the South King County HEZ launched an online survey to gather community feedback about health strengths, challenges, and goals that they have for this zone. This survey is available on WA Portal and is translated into Dari, French, Oromo, Pashto, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, and Ukrainian.
December 2024
The SKC Coalition met in early December to connect and create a strategic plan for 2025 to prepare for additional community listening sessions, evaluation, and sharing back what was heard at the October listening session.
October 2024
The South King County HEZ held their first listening session in Tukwila on October 24. Community members came together to share their priorities and perspectives to regarding health equity in this zone. More information about future community listening sessions will be shared through the Coalition’s communication channels.
September 2024
Throughout this month, the South King County (SKC) Coalition made preparations to host the first community listening session for the SKC HEZ. This listening session is an opportunity for connection for community members, the Coalition, and DOH to discuss health needs and priorities in this zone.
August 2024
Using the outreach plan designed in Spring 2024, the South King County HEZ began outreach in Fall 2024. Zone partners are worked to set up supports and materials to ensure access for community members.
June 2024
At an in-person retreat in Tukwila at the end of April, the South King County Health Equity Zone Coalition (SKC HEZ) developed an outreach plan, and identified which populations in the cities of Burien, SeaTac, and Tukwila they wanted to focus on engaging in outreach. These include recent (<15 years) immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers and their families, including youth and elders.
The Coalition also plans to engage native communities in these cities, and groups that have immigrated more than 15 years ago and have built resettlement support systems. SKC HEZ outreach strategies include using community ambassadors/navigators, participating at summer events, and holding language-specific focus groups.
January 2024
In January 2024 the SeaTac-Tukwila Community Coalition began regularly meeting to lay the groundwork for this zone, which they named the South King County Zone. A video that shows the work of the coalition prior to the HEZ Initiative can be viewed here: SeaTac-Tukwila Community Coalition » Global to Local
August 2023
The combined communities of Burien, SeaTac, and Tukwila comprise one of the most diverse regions of the state, it is home to immigrant and refugee populations representing numerous ethnic and racial groups, with more than a dozen languages commonly spoken. The nomination for Burien, SeaTac, and Tukwila highlighted the challenges new residents face when relocating to Washington.