With steady investment and bipartisan support from Virginia’s governors and legislature, local Smart Beginnings have brought public and private leaders together to collaborate on priorities for young children since 2005. Building from this asset, Ready Regions will bring unprecedented levels of coordination, accountability, and family engagement to early education programs in every community in the Commonwealth.

Starting in 2022, Ready Regions will help every Virginia community to be:

• Accountable. Virginia’s early education system must prepare children for success.
• Parent-centered. Families must be engaged in designing a system that works for them.
• Responsive. Parents must be able to choose the child care they want and need.
• Reliable. Early education programs need consistent supports to deliver quality services.
• Bold. Every community in Virginia should be a place where families can thrive.