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Richmond nonprofit organization launches online tool for easier child care search
February 17, 2026
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WRIC
A new resource tool is helping Central Virginia parents narrow the search for affordable childcare. Read more at https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/richmond/thrive-birth-to-five-nonprofit-tool-child-care-search/
New online child care locator launches in Central Virginia
February 17, 2026
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Henrico Citizen
Nonprofit Thrive Birth to Five has launched Child Care Finder, a new online child care locator designed to help families find quality early learning programs for children from birth to age five.
Dems propose bill to have the state, businesses help fund the cost of child care
February 4, 2026
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WRIC
Senator Lashrecse Aird (D-Henrico) wants to create a cost-sharing program where the state and businesses would put money in the pot to help make child care more affordable for Virginia families. “Families have been complaining about two things — accessibility [and] finding access to child care, and then when they do find it, being able to afford it,” Aird told 8News. The proposed Employee Child Care Assistance Program is designed to incentivize businesses to pay some of the cost of their employees’ child care by matching the amount of money businesses contribute with state funds.
Amid fraud claims, Trump admin announces more changes to federal child care funding
January 9, 2026
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NPR
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday that it would rescind a series of Biden-era rules governing one of the largest federal funding sources for child care. The move comes less than a week after HHS confirmed it was freezing all federal funding through that same program.
In statewide survey, employers say Virginia child care crisis negatively impacts businesses
January 9, 2026
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Virginia Mercury
Eight out of ten Virginia employers say child care challenges hinder hiring and retention.
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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