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Child care cost the most in these states in 2024, analysis found
June 3, 2025
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Fox 9
ChildCare Aware of America found the national average price of child care for 2024 was $13,128. It would take 10% of the median income of a married couple with children to afford this national average price, and 35% of a single parent’s.
Decline in preschool access continues in Virginia, despite legislative efforts
May 21, 2025
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Virginia Mercury
Virginia has provided thousands of children access to preschool over a year’s time, but the commonwealth continues to trail other states, which are expanding services and providing more kids a chance at early learning.
Child care isn’t just a family issue — it’s a workforce solution
April 22, 2025
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Cardinal News
Microporous has plans to soon announce the first phase of our Child Care Initiative, a program which will offer grants to help address regional child care needs.
New Bipartisan Poll Demonstrates Virginians View Quality Early Childhood Options as Critical to The State’s Economic Success
March 31, 2025
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VECF
Policies to Increase Access to Child Care Earn Support from Nearly 9 in 10 Voters Across the Political Spectrum in Virginia.
What parts of Virginia are most in favor of increasing access to child care? Rural areas.
March 31, 2025
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Cardinal News
The Virginia Early Childhood Foundation recently commissioned a poll to gauge voters’ views on the need for more and better child care.
2-1-1 Virginia (opens in new window)
Connecting families to resources in their community. Get help paying bills, finding food, and locating other resources near you.
Childsavers (opens in new window)
Childsavers offers children’s mental health services in Richmond, VA. Childsavers’ licensed therapists incorporate art therapy, play therapy, and sand tray therapy with resilience and strengths-based treatment, customized to fit your child’s needs. They accept Medicaid and private insurance.
Greater Richmond SCAN (opens in new window)
SCAN provides the awareness, support, advocacy, treatment and education needed to enhance the lives of children. SCAN’s services promote positive parenting, strengthen families and help create a community that values and cares for its children.
Virginia Mental Health Access Program (opens in new window)
The Virginia Mental Health Access Program (VMAP) is a statewide initiative that increases access and improves mental, behavioral, and emotional health and development by providing education, consultation, and care navigation to medical providers of infants, children, adolescents, young adults, and pregnant & postpartum people.
Virginia Association for Infant Mental Health (VAIMH) (opens in new window)
VAIMH offers education, training, and resources to assist parents, caregivers, healthcare providers, educators, and other professionals in their everyday interactions with infants, young children, and their families.
Partners in Parenting (opens in new window)
Partners in Parenting is a family-focused mental health practice providing evaluations, interventions, outpatient therapy, and parent consultation in and around Richmond, Virginia.
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