Section 1. Understanding the Landscape Archives : Get Ready VA

Landscape Analysis Toolkit

Each Ready Region faces distinct challenges and opportunities related to building child care supply. The purpose of the regional landscape analysis is to create a shared understanding of the current state across the region and to help mobilize a coordinated, collective effort to develop and implement a Regional Action Plan. Ready Regions’ use of this shared template will result in consistent analyses and Plans statewide, while also recognizing variation.

Section 1. Understanding the Landscape

Regional syntheses across Virginia allow for a common understanding of the current state and help mobilize aligned, collective commitment to plan to grow the supply of child care that can address specific challenges and yield returns in each region. This section of the Playbook focuses on topics related to the development of a current state landscape analysis and a Regional Action Plan that reflects the child care challenges and opportunities of the region.