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Shovel Ready Virginia Task Force Findings and Recommendations July 2025
July 31, 2025
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Virginia Early Childhood Foundation
Launched in 2024 to support Virginia Business Roundtable for Early Education (VBREE) efforts, the Shovel Ready Virginia Task Force sought to more deeply understand the root causes of persistent gaps in child care supply, specifically in (1) the physical spaces (environments, classrooms, and facilities) and (2) an early educator pipeline. After conducting a 12-month exploration of strategies and solutions that specifically address these gaps, the Task Force has endorsed this report outlining recommendations to advance its priorities for child care progress across all regions in Virginia.
Economics & Child Care: Where are We Now and Where Do We Go?
July 28, 2025
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Child Care Aware of America
Child care is essential to our families, workforce, and economy—but the current system is failing on all fronts. In this new report, Child Care Aware® of America and the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska assess the state of the child care market, highlight the barriers holding back progress, and lay out suggestions to build a stronger, more sustainable future.
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.
Child Care Costs in the United States (opens in new window)
This tool from the Economic Policy Institute shares data and analysis on child care costs by state.
Child Care is Unaffordable in Every State - National Women's Law Center February 2025 Fact Sheet (opens in new window)
According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a family should have to contribute no more than 7% of their income for child care for it to be affordable. This Fact Sheet from the National Women's Law Center highlights the annual income necessary to make child care affordable for families.
Virginia Business Roundtable for Early Education (VBREE) (opens in new window)
The Virginia Business Roundtable for Early Education (“VBREE” or “the Roundtable”) was founded in 2023 with the belief that Virginia’s prosperity and quality of life are inextricably dependent upon a strong early childhood education system. A nonprofit, nonpartisan initiative of the VECF board of directors, VBREE’s mission is 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. VBREE is committed to educating the public, engaging diverse stakeholders, and driving innovation for the crucial role that accessible child care serves in Virginia’s workforce development and economy, including as a differentiator for Virginia in economic development, site selection, and workforce talent attraction and retention. VBREE strives to secure the increased investment and policy improvements needed for the Commonwealth’s best-in-class early education system to sustain its standing as the best state to live, work, and raise a family.
Virginia Promise in Action (opens in new window)
Virginia Promise in Action is a bipartisan 501(c)(4) organization focused on building the political will necessary to advance effective policy improvements and increase investment in Virginia’s child care system. Alongside their companion organization, the Virginia Promise Partnership, Virginia Promise in Action is leading a campaign to achieve the goal of ensuring all Virginia families have access to quality, affordable child care by 2030.
Virginia Promise Partnership (opens in new window)
The Virginia Promise Partnership is a coalition of leading organizations working together to achieve the bold goal of ensuring all Virginia families have access to affordable, quality child care by 2030, regardless of income.
Voices for Virginia's Children (opens in new window)
Voices for Virginia’s Children is the commonwealth’s only independent, multi-issue child policy and advocacy organization. They are focused on children whose needs are often overlooked, concentrating our efforts on policies in early childhood, foster care and adoption, health and mental health, and family economic security.
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