Policy Background Basics:
- Child Care Aware of Virginia Policy Agenda in Brief (2024)
- Children in Virginia Fact Sheet (2024)
- Safe Sleep in Voluntary Registered Homes (2024)
- School-Age Child Care for Working Families (2024)
- Why Quality Matters to Employers (2024)
- 2024 Pending Child Care Bills in the VA General Assembly (February 26, 2024)
Strengthening Virginia's Child Care Laws to Promote Safety & Quality Settings:
Materials Related to New Virginia Child Care Safety Laws
- New Law: Child Care Subsidy Eligibility for Families with Children Age 5 and Younger up to 85% of State Median Income (HB 2206 enacted in March 2021 during Special Session 1, Extended through State FY2023 and FY2024 during the 2022 Special Session 1 as part of the final budget)
- New Law: Preventing Access to Guns by Children in Child Care (Cole's Law) (July 2020)
- New Law: Protecting the Safety of Children in License-Exempt Child Care (Dylan's Law) (July 2019)
- Betsy Cummings Testimony on Behalf of 7 week-old Dylan (Supporting License-Exempt Care Protections)
- Child Care Licensing Threshold Reduction & Public Notices (2015 & 2016)
- Josephs Law: Tough Penalties for Unlicensed Providers (2016)
- Written Notice Requirements to Parents from Providers Offering Unlicensed Care (2015)
Federal Child Care Guidance (The Child Care & Development Block Grant)
- Final HHS Child Care Regulations to implement the CCDBG federal child care law (September 2016)
- Virginia: FY2022-FY2024 Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) State Plan
- HHS, Office of Child Care, American Rescue Plan Stabilization Grant Guidance, (CCDF-ACF-IM-2021-02) (May 10, 2021)
- HHS, Office of Child Care, American Rescue Plan Supplemental CCDBG Discretionary Fund Guidance (CCDF-ACF-IM-2021-03) (June 11, 2021)
- HHS, Office of Child Care, CRRSA Information Memorandum (CCDF-ACF-IM-2021-01) (April 14, 2021)
- HHS, Office of Child Care, CARES Act Guidance (CCDF-ACF-IM-2020-01) (April 29, 2020)
- HHS, Office of Child Care, Using CCDF to Improve Compensation for the Child Care Workforce (CCDF-ACF-IM-2022-02) (September 12, 2022)
- Federal Funding: FY 2023 State CCDF Allocations (All States)
- Federal Funding: FY 2022 State CCDF Allocations (All States)
- Federal Funding: FY 2021 State CCDF Allocations (All States)
Virginia Child Care Background Resources:
- Virginia Code Section for Child Care
- Virginia Dept. of Education Child Care Home Page
- Child Care Regulations (Chapter 14.1. Early Childhood Care and Education)
- Child Care Regulations (Chapter 850. Voluntary Registration of Family Day Homes - Requirements for Providers)
- Child Care Subsidy (Chapter 790. Child Care Program)
- VA Child Care Subsidy Guidance Manual (August 2023)
- Religious License-Exempt Child Care § 22.1-289.031
- Other VA Programs Exempt from Licensure § 22.1-289.030. Exemptions from licensure
- Virginia Federal Preschool Development Grant Birth to Five Implementation Guidebook (Virginia Dept. of Education. University of Virginia, and Virginia Early Childhood Foundation, 2020)
- § 18.2-371.1. Abuse and neglect of children; penalty (Joseph's Law)
- Commonwealth of Virginia, Preschool Development Grant Birth B-5, Needs Assessment (2019)
- JLARC, (Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission) Report: Improving Virginia's Early Childhood Development Programs (2017)
- JLARC, (Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission) Report: Virginia's Self-Sufficiency Programs and the Availability and Affordability of Child Care (2023)
- Child Day Programs Exempt from Licensure Report, VA Department of Social Services (2016)
- Report on Penalty Recommendations for Individuals Operating a Child Day Center or Family Day Home Without a License, VA Department of Social Services (2015)
- JLARC (Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission) Report: Regulation and Provision of Child Day Care in Virginia (1990)