Ready Region Central
We are proud to have been selected as the lead organization for Ready Region Central. As a designated Ready Region, we are part of a statewide network bringing strategic leadership and coordination of early childhood care and education (ECCE) services and resources to prepare all children and families for success. Ready Regions focus on:
- Strengthening quality. We will ensure all components are in place to coordinate quality measurement and guide improvement in publicly funded classrooms as part of VQB5.
- Building relationships. We will engage with leaders across the region to facilitate buy-in for shared accountability and benefit.
- Increasing access. We will administer Mixed Delivery programming in the region, and coordinate enrollment to help parents learn about and access ECCE services that meet their needs and preferences, while helping ECCE providers connect with and serve more families.
- Engaging families. We will support a Family Council, made up of families from across our region who reflect the diversity of our region, to ensure the early childhood system is designed to work for families.
Strengthening Quality
Thrive Birth to Five ensures all components are in place to coordinate quality measurement and guide improvement in all publicly funded classrooms as part of VQB5.
To prepare all children for kindergarten and in response to state law, Virginia has developed the Unified Virginia Quality Birth to Five System (VQB5) to measure and help improve the quality of all publicly-funded birth-to-five classrooms and support families to choose quality programming across program types.
All publicly-funded birth-to-five early childhood programs are required to participate in VQB5 on an annual basis. Programs that do not receive public funding have the option to participate. Details are available on the VQB5 Participation Requirements webpage.
VQB5 Quality Profiles (with information about early childhood program performance on quality measures and other topics of interest to families, policy makers, and the public) is available at EarlyChildhoodQuality.doe.virginia.gov
Ready Regions coordinate and support participation in VQB5 for early childhood care and education (ECCE) programs in the region.
To enroll in VQB5:
vqb5@ThriveB5.org
The Virginia Department of Education administers VQB5 as established by the Virginia Board of Education. To learn more, visit the VDOE Quality Measurement and Improvement (VQB5) website or e-mail vqb5@doe.virginia.edu.
VQB5 Webpage
VQB5 Participation Requirements
VQB5 Quality Profiles
Reach out to Thrive Birth to Five to learn more about VQB5 at VQB5@thriveb5.org.
Building Relationships
Thrive Birth to Five engages with leaders across the region to facilitate buy-in for shared accountability and benefit.
Ready Region Central is committed to partnering with other organizations and stakeholders to implement this work.
Increasing Access
Thrive Birth to Five administers Mixed Delivery programming in the region, and coordinated enrollment to help families learn about and access ECCE services that meet their needs and preferences, while helping ECCE providers connect with and serve more families.
Ready Region Central identifies high quality child care centers and family day homes to provide publicly funded services in private settings that meet the needs and preferences of families.
Quality early learning experiences are essential for preparing children to succeed in kindergarten and beyond. This impact is life-long. Research has shown that children who participate in high-quality early childhood care and education (ECCE) programs are more likely to finish college, be gainfully employed, and be healthier later in life. The Mixed Delivery program provides publicly funded ECCE services in licensed (non-faith-based), private ECCE settings for eligible children. It funds full-day, year-round ECCE services for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, meeting growing demand for publicly funded ECCE at private sites that meet the varied needs and preferences of families.
Learn more about Mixed Delivery
Learn more about VQB5 Quality Profiles
Engaging Families
Thrive Birth to Five supports a Family Council, made up of families from across our region, who reflect the diversity of our region, to ensure the early childhood system is designed to work for families.
Our Family Council provides input on early childhood design and decisions, and helps our Ready Region understand the challenges and gaps to better meet families’ needs.
Get In Touch
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