Playbook for Regions
Playbook for Regions

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Incentivize and recognize the accomplishment of certain actions that reflect commitment to and progress toward advancing the task force report recommendations through a Regional Business-Forward/Child Care-Friendly Certification.

Playbook for Regions

The Playbook for Regions supports the implementation of the VBREE Regional Initiative as a central toolbox of guidance and resources to accelerate coordinated and cohesive progress toward the priority goals across all regions. The Playbook for Regions outlines exemplary strategies as well as provides tools, templates, and data for regions to leverage to advance the vision and mission of the VBREE Regional Initiative.

The Playbook consists of four sections that build on each other toward achieving the vision and mission of the regional initiative. Within each section, the Playbook focuses on topic areas that Regional Delegations can leverage to build child care supply, based on unique needs and opportunities.

Playbook for Regions
Playbook for Regions – 1.0
The downloadable Playbook for Regions PDF is updated regularly with additional tools, templates, and guides. All users are encouraged to check back for updates and additions as the work progresses.
Section 1. Understanding the Landscape

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.
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Section 2. Building a Policy Foundation

Section 2. Building a Policy Foundation

Access to high-quality, affordable child care is affected by laws, policies, and governmental actions, including at local and regional levels. Some policies are obvious in their impact on child care supply, while others may have a less direct yet still meaningful effect on the system. This section of the Playbook focuses on topics related to systems-level changes that contribute to a regional policy environment that creates favorable conditions to build child care supply.
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Section 3. Leveraging Existing Resources

Section 3. Leveraging Existing Resources

Existing human, financial, social, and physical capital present opportunities to leverage for increasing access to child care. This section of the Playbook focuses on topics related to harnessing existing regional resources, including facility space, financing, and partnerships, to amplify and accelerate initiatives to build child care supply.
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Section 4. Creating New Pathways and Resources

Section 4. Creating New Pathways and Resources

High-quality, affordable child care presents win-win opportunities for many diverse stakeholder groups and sectors. Forging these new partnerships and building new resources to fill gaps can open new potential solutions for child care in the region. This section of the Playbook focuses on topics related to creating new pathways and resources to use for building child care supply.
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Playbook Resources

In addition to the full downloadable version, the contents of the Playbook for Regions can be accessed using the filter features to quickly search by Topic and Resource Type. Click to filter for the Playbook materials that are most relevant to regional child care supply building needs.

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Landscape Analysis Toolkit
Regional Action Plan Section 1. Understanding the Landscape Tool

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.
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Little Lions Learning Lab
Case Study Early Educator Workforce Employers & Partnerships Facility Space Section 4. Creating New Pathways and Resources

Little Lions Learning Lab

Little Lions Learning Lab is an early childhood center operated by the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Office of Louisa County Public Schools (LCPS). Created in response to a difficult recruiting environment for teachers and shrinking interest in the field of education among students, the early childhood program provides LCPS staff with access to high-quality child care and serves as a learning space for students who want to explore a career in education.
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Peake Childhood Center
Case Study Early Educator Workforce Employers & Partnerships Facility Space Section 4. Creating New Pathways and Resources

Peake Childhood Center

The Peake Childhood Center (Peake) is a 54-year-old non-profit organization with a mission to provide high-quality affordable child care that prepares children for school. On June 4, 2025, Peake began operating their second child care program in a $20 million state-of-the-art building owned by the City of Newport News, Virigina.
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Regional Certification

VBREE Regional Delegations are incentivized to strive to achieve Business-Forward/Child Care-Friendly Certification. This Certification recognizes the accomplishment of certain actions reflecting the region’s commitment to and progress toward addressing child care challenges that present a risk to Virginia’s economy, workforce competitiveness, and ranking as top in the nation for businesses. A Certified region has achieved the VBREE Regional Initiative’s goals of elevating child care as infrastructure, expanding the supply of quality child care, and strengthening the capabilities of the child care industry.