The Alliance for Better Childcare Strategies (ABCs), Virginia Quality and Child Care Aware of Virginia are holding a free information seminar for New River Valley residents interested in learning how to start a licensed family day home childcare business.
Swift Start of the New River Valley is supporting this initiative to expand the availability of quality, licensed childcare in our region.
Are you interested in finding out about the toughest job you will ever love? Learn about the steps and requirements for opening a licensed home childcare business. Find out about the advantages of becoming a licensed and subsidy-eligible provider and participating in Virginia Quality training and mentoring. Child Care Aware and Virginia Quality will lead you through the process and answer any questions you may have.
This free seminar takes place from 9:30 a.m.-noon Saturday, Sept. 16 at the Community Foundation of the New River Valley, 990 Cambria Street NE, Christiansburg,.
Virginia Quality is the state’s voluntary quality rating and improvement system. Virginia Quality provides professional development that offers the training, learning, and coaching necessary to deliver high-quality childcare.
Child Care Aware of Virginia is a community-based network of early care and education specialists whose purpose is to deliver services to families, childcare professionals and communities to increase the accessibility, availability, and quality of childcare in Virginia. Swift Start helps working parents in the New River Valley secure higher-wage jobs by providing skill development and acquire affordable, quality childcare.
The Alliance for Better Childcare Strategies, a nonprofit based in Christiansburg, VA, is committed to increasing availability of childcare, collaborating to build quality childcare and education, and creating opportunities so that all New River Valley children can access high-quality care and education from birth to age five.
For more information about the seminar or ABCs, please contact Bethany Mott at bethanymott@abcsnrv.org or 540-494-7175. Visit us at abcsnrv.org, like us on Facebook at ABCsNRV or follow us on Twitter @ABCsNRVz.
