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Donate
Consider donating to early childcare and education. All donations help ensure that children have access to quality learning opportunities, setting a strong foundation for their future success.
Request a Speaker
Request a speaker from Thrive Birth to Five to come to your organization, business, chamber, faith community, local government body and share about the needs of the early child care and education system. Deepen your understanding and explore how it can be integrated into your work. Become a champion for early childcare and education in your community!
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If you want to get involved in another way, please connect with Thrive Birth to Five.
Join The Cause
Learn how you can support and advocate for quality early childcare and education in your community, region and state.
Join Family Council
An opportunity to use your lived experience as a parent of a child, age 0-5, to help inform the early childhood care and education system and improve outcomes for other families in your community.
Engage in Advocacy
Advocate the policies, programs, and practices that support the healthy development and well-being of young children.
Share your Story
Sharing your story has the power to inspire others and influence decision-makers, driving meaningful change in support of early childcare and education. Consider submitting your experience as family, provider, business leader, or stakeholder to highlight both the successes and challenges of the ECCE system.
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Become an Early Care Provider
Becoming an early care provider, such as an early care educator, becoming a family child care provider or opening an early care center can be a rewarding and impactful career choice. A career in early care not only benefits individual families, but it also strengthens the community by supporting the well-being of children, families, and the greater workforce.
Become a CLASS Observer
CLASS observers are trained extensively in each applicable age tool and must demonstrate a clear understanding in application to gain the required certification to conduct observations.
Join Coordinated Enrollment
Coordinated Enrollment aims to create a more inclusive and equitable system for early childhood care and education. By focusing on the barriers that families face in accessing quality programs, the initiative seeks to ensure that those who are most underserved receive the support and resources they need. This involves community-wide planning and reflection, fostering collaboration among stakeholders to develop strategies that prioritize equity and accessibility.
Learn MoreAdvocate
We need you! Advocate by participating in partnership events and opportunities, such as advocacy trainings, rallies, forums, or advocacy days, to raise awareness and support for early childcare and education initiatives.
Virginia Promise Partnership is a coalition of organizations, families, and providers advocating for a system where all children have a promising future that begins with access to quality child care.
Get Ready VA! is connected to Virginia Early Childhood Foundation and provides tools, resources, and more to assist you with systems building efforts
Save the Date: Early Childhood and Education Lobby Day will be on January 13, 2025. For more information, follow Virginia Promise Partnership https://vapromisepartnership.org/
Voices for Virginia’s Children is a multi-issue child policy and advocacy organization. A strong advocacy partner of Virginia Early Childhood Foundation and Virginia Promise Partnership.
The Virginia Business Roundtable on Early Education is a nonprofit, nonpartisan business initiative of the Viriginia Early Childhood Foundation with a mission to sustain and grow, through strategic financing, the supply of high quality, affordable and accessible child care, driving critical and multi-faceted benefits for the Commonwealth.
The Shovel Ready Task Force is a short-term task force consisting of economic development, business and education sectors to build the supply of high-quality early childhood care and education services supporting the current and future workforce.
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