Quality Care Checklist
Before enrolling a child in a childcare center, consider making an unannounced visit. While scheduled tours are great, you’re more likely to get an accurate look at what the average day looks like when you drop in. Download our easy-to-use Quality Care Checklist containing important questions and information to consider when touring early childcare programs or looking for care for your child(ren).
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Milestones
Track your child’s development through the CDC Milestone Tracker!
Childcare Aware
Find all the answers to your childcare questions through Childcare Aware!
Danville Events
Check out upcoming events in our area!
Healthy Families
Healthy Families is a home-visiting service that supports new parents prenatally through the child’s fifth birthday. They provide one-on-one education on positive parent-child interactions and education related to healthy development support.
Local Libraries
Find local libraries near you!
Find a Little Library near you!
School Districts
Find your school district and nearby schools.
Social Services
Virginia Department of Social Services.
Virginia Promise Partnership
The goal is to ensure all Virginia families have access to affordable quality childcare by 2030.
Unified Virginia Quality Birth to Five System (VQB5)
The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is a state agency that oversees birth-to-five early childhood programs including childcare centers, pre-K or preschool in public schools, family day homes, and Head Start. This includes measuring the quality of programs.
WIC (The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children )
The WIC program safeguards the health of low-income women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating, and referrals to health care.