Strengthening quality. Building relationships.
Increasing access. Engaging families.
Ready Region Blue Ridge
United Way of Greater Charlottesville is proud to have been selected as the lead organization for Ready Region Blue Ridge. As a Ready Regions lead organization, we are part of a statewide network bringing strategic leadership and coordination of early childhood care and education (ECCE) services and resources to prepare all children and families for success. Ready Regions focused on:
Strengthening quality. We will ensure all components are in place to coordinate quality measurement and guide improvement in publicly funded classrooms as part of VQB5.
Building relationships. We will engage with leaders across the region to facilitate buy-in for shared accountability and benefit.
Increasing access. We will administer Mixed Delivery programming in the region, and coordinate enrollment to help parents learn about and access ECCE programs that meet their needs and preferences, while helping ECCE providers connect with families.
Engaging families. We will support a Family Council, made up of families from across our region to ensure the early childhood system is designed to work for families.
Our Initiatives
Strengthening
Quality
Coordinating quality measurement
and guiding classroom improvement.
Increasing
Access
Building and strengthening better processes for parents and providers.
Building
Relationships
Engaging with leaders across the region
for accountability and benefit.
Engaging
Families
Establishing and strengthening strategies to ensure family engagement.
About Our Region
Ready Region Blue Ridge oversees approximately 45,000 children under the age of five, many of whom lack access to high-quality care. Our region’s teachers and publicly funded sites worked with Ready Region Blue Ridge, its partners, the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation, and the Virginia Department of Education to undertake the new Unified Virginia Quality Birth to Five System.
Recent News
Check out our Ready Region blog to learn more about what’s happening in the Ready Region Blue Ridge.
The Go2Grow Application for the 2026-2027 School Year is Open!
Jan 27, 2026 Use Go2Grow to find and apply to free or reduced-cost childcare for children 0-5 throughout the Greater Charlottesville region. Read
Join the Ready Region Blue Ridge Family Council
Jan 08, 2026 We’re looking for parents or guardians of children between the… Read
Join Us for the 2nd Annual Ready Region Blue Ridge Leadership Summit
Dec 04, 2025 We are excited to be hosting the 2nd Annual Ready… ReadIf you are interested in financially supporting Ready Region Blue Ridge or becoming a Ready Region partner, please contact our team for more information.
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