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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.
Teachstone CLASS (opens in new window)
CLASS not only defines teaching quality through the lens of interactions, it provides the ability to measure and improve the interactions that matter most for children’s outcomes. And, it’s a journey of continuous improvement that is data-driven.
VQB5 System Guidelines (opens in new window)
The guidelines include the protocols and expectations for participation in this required statewide measurement and improvement system (VQB5). These guidelines set forth the strategies in which all programs will be supported to continuously improve the quality of care and education for Virginia’s youngest learners to ensure all have the opportunity to enter school ready.
VQB5 - Virginia's Quality Measurement and Improvement System (opens in new window)
The Unified Virginia Quality Birth to Five System (VQB5) is a comprehensive initiative designed to enhance early childhood education in Virginia by ensuring quality teaching and learning experiences that are tailored to each child’s needs.
Virginia Code Establishing VQB5 (opens in new window)
The Unified Virginia Quality Birth to Five System (VQB5) is a comprehensive initiative designed to enhance early childhood education in Virginia by ensuring quality teaching and learning experiences that are tailored to each child’s needs.
Virginia’s Breastfeeding Friendly Early Care Recognition (opens in new window)
Early childhood programs serving infants and young children can apply to become a Breastfeeding Friendly Early Care program. Virginia partners recognize the benefits of breastfeeding and providing human milk to infants and young children for as long as a family desires. Since nearly 2/3 of Virginia’s young children have all available parents working, we know that early care settings are crucial supporters of breastfeeding. We are excited to award a Breastfeeding Friendly Early Care Recognition to child care programs that demonstrate best practices in infant nutrition.
Gun Safety in Early Care Environments (opens in new window)
Child Care Aware of Virginia encourages all families and caregivers to make firearm safety a top priority. All firearms in your home should be locked and unloaded, with ammunition locked separately and stored out of children’s reach.
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