Child Care Aware of Virginia

Child Care Aware of Virginia Connecting Virginia families to child care, supporting child care providers, and advocating for a stronger child care system. ๐Ÿ’™

Child Care Aware of Virginia is a community-based network of early care and education specialists whose purpose is to deliver services to families, child care professionals and communities to increase the accessibility, availability, and quality of child care in Virginia.

Our Child Care & Early Childhood Education Business Summit is happening on November 5, 2026 and itโ€™s designed to give ch...
08/28/2026

Our Child Care & Early Childhood Education Business Summit is happening on November 5, 2026 and itโ€™s designed to give child care professionals and owners real, practical strategies to grow and sustain their programs.

If youโ€™re ready to move from surviving to thriving, this is your moment.
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Early bird pricing is ending soon! Register now before prices increase on 9/2!
https://vachildcare.com/providers/business-summit/

๐’๐š๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ก๐š๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ง! ๐Ÿ’™As part of our Central Region team, Shannon works directly with child care providers to provide i...
08/28/2026

๐’๐š๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ก๐š๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ง! ๐Ÿ’™

As part of our Central Region team, Shannon works directly with child care providers to provide individualized support, training, and resources designed to meet programs where they are.

Whether a provider has a question, is working through a challenge, or simply needs someone to help think through what's next, Shannon is there to help.

We're so thankful for the care and commitment Shannon brings to supporting Virginia's child care providers! ๐ŸŒŸ

๐Ÿ“ ๐’๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐•๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐š
๐Ÿ’ฌ If you've worked with Shannon, leave her a ๐Ÿ‘‹ below!

Professional learning made simple, flexible, and accessible. ๐Ÿ’ปOur online learning platform, LearnVAChildCare, gives chil...
08/27/2026

Professional learning made simple, flexible, and accessible. ๐Ÿ’ป

Our online learning platform, LearnVAChildCare, gives child care professionals free access to training anytime, anywhere.

Build your skills on your schedule.
๐Ÿ“š Start learning today at learn.vachildcare.com

Running a child care business means wearing a lot of hats. ๐ŸŽฉ๐Ÿ“Š๐Ÿ“‹The Virginia Shared Services Network helps child care prog...
08/26/2026

Running a child care business means wearing a lot of hats. ๐ŸŽฉ๐Ÿ“Š๐Ÿ“‹

The Virginia Shared Services Network helps child care programs access tools, resources, and support designed to strengthen business operations and free up more time for what matters mostโ€”caring for children.

Whether you're looking to streamline processes, improve efficiency, or connect with other providers, VSSN can help.

๐Ÿ‘‰ Learn more about the Virginia Shared Services Network at https://www.vasharednetwork.org/utility-pages/register/

๐๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š ๐‡๐จ๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ซ ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐€๐ฆ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐๐จ๐ซ! Join us virtually on September 1st at 12:00 p.m.An average of 37 children die each y...
08/25/2026

๐๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š ๐‡๐จ๐ญ ๐‚๐š๐ซ ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐€๐ฆ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐๐จ๐ซ! Join us virtually on September 1st at 12:00 p.m.

An average of 37 children die each year after being left alone in a hot vehicle. The temperature inside a parked car can rise to deadly levels within minutes.

Join our virtual Hot Car Safety Training to learn:
โœ…Why vehicle interiors heat up so quickly
โœ…Why children are especially vulnerable to vehicular heatstroke
โœ…How memory lapses and routine changes can contribute to these incidents
โœ…Simple, practical strategies to help prevent hot car tragedies

Participants will receive a certificate and virtual badge recognizing you as a Hot Car Safety Ambassador upon completion. This training is designed for parents, child care providers, or any community member interested in preventing hot car deaths.

๐‘ฑ๐’๐’Š๐’ ๐’–๐’” ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ฌ๐ญ @ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ ๐’‘.๐’Ž. https://learn.vachildcare.com/products/live_events/hot-car-awareness-live-event

Juggling work schedules, school drop-offs, and afternoon pick-ups? โฐ Hands full? Let us handle the phone calls!Between s...
08/24/2026

Juggling work schedules, school drop-offs, and afternoon pick-ups? โฐ Hands full? Let us handle the phone calls!

Between school supplies, work calendars, and new routines, finding reliable before and after-school care shouldnโ€™t add to your stress.

Our Referral Specialists will reach out directly to care providers directly to confirm current, real-time openings tailored to your family's exact schedule and location.

Save time and cross child care off your to-do list.

โœจ Request your FREE referral today!
๐Ÿ“ž Call 1-866-KIDS-TLC

08/24/2026

Kids are headed back to school! ๐Ÿฅน๐Ÿš

Remind yourself that it takes all of us โ€” parents and drivers working together โ€” to keep our kids SAFE.

We hope you have a great school year! โค๏ธ

๐‡๐ฎ๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐•๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ...
08/21/2026

๐‡๐ฎ๐ ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐•๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆโฃ๏ธ

Today, weโ€™re shining a spotlight on Stan Wisseman, a Cybersecurity Leader who knows the value of safe, quality child care across our Commonwealth.

โ€œ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘’, ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’. ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘ฆ ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘“๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘ .โ€

Stan Wisseman has been a Board Member of Child Care Aware of Virginia since 2024, bringing invaluable expertise and heart to our mission.
We truly appreciate his continued dedication, guidance, and support for this work! ๐Ÿ‘โœจ

๐Ÿ‘‹ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐‘๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ!Meet Rachel, one of the people working behind the scenesโ€”and alongside providersโ€”to strengthen child care ...
08/21/2026

๐Ÿ‘‹ ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐‘๐š๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ!

Meet Rachel, one of the people working behind the scenesโ€”and alongside providersโ€”to strengthen child care across Virginia's Central Region! ๐Ÿ’™

Rachel provides one-on-one support, training, and resources to help child care providers build stronger programs and navigate the everyday challenges of the work.

From Hanover to Emporia and from Pittsylvania to Amherst, our Central Region team is there to support providers across a wide and diverse part of Virginia.

We're proud to have Rachel on the team and grateful for the difference she makes in the lives of child care professionals and the children they serve. ๐ŸŒŸ

๐Ÿ“ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง
๐Ÿ‘‹ Know Rachel? Say hello in the comments!

โœจ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค?Working with young children is deeply ...
08/19/2026

โœจ ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค?

Working with young children is deeply meaningfulโ€”and demanding. At this yearโ€™s Summit, our keynote will invite early educators to ๐ฉ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž, ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž through an interactive experience inspired by A Pocket Full of JOY!

Participants will explore practical strategies for nurturing their own well-being, building resilience, maintaining joy, and continuing to make a meaningful impact on the children and families they serve. ๐Ÿ’›

Because ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ.

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Join us at the CCAoVA Child Care 7 Early Childhood Education Business Summit: From Surviving to Thriving: Real Strategies for Child Care Success

๐Ÿ“… November 5, 2026

Register at https://vachildcare.com/providers/business-summit/

Address

14321 Winter Breeze Drive , Ste. 152
Midlothian, VA
23113

Opening Hours

Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

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+18042850846

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