Back to Work Virginia: A Child Care Recovery and Renaissance Task Force
The Virginia Early Childhood Foundation (VECF) has assembled a blue-ribbon task force to develop an assertive strategic plan with recommendations for structural shifts and improved policies and practices to stabilize and strengthen Virginia’s child care industry – considered essential personnel per COVID-19 directives – as the Commonwealth gets back to work and rebuilds its economy. Click here to read full press release. A brief description of the task force can be found here.
*Please note that the task force will be informed by a diverse group of local, state, and national experts and stakeholders, including child care providers, practitioners, and families.
Back to Work Virginia Task Force Announcement Event – December 18, 2020
Task Force Chairs
- Deborah DiCroce, Hampton Roads Community Foundation
- Jim Dyke, McGuire Woods Consulting
- Stephen Moret, Virginia Economic Development Partnership
Task Force Members
- Sherrie Armstrong, Community Foundation for a greater Richmond
- Kartik Athreya, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
- Jack Berry, Richmond Region Tourism
- Gil Bland, Urban League of Hampton Roads
- Annette Beuchler, Obici Healthcare Foundation
- Richard Bynum, PNC Bank
- Clark Casteel, Danville Regional Foundation
- Kevin Curtis, Dominion Energy
- Ben Davenport, First Piedmont Corporation
- Barry DuVal, Virginia Chamber of Commerce
- Emily Elliott, Department of Human Resource Management
- Bill Ermatinger, Huntington Ingalls Industries
- Megan Healy, Chief Workforce Advisor to the Governor
- Dean Lynch, Virginia Association of Counties
- Ned Massee, Croatan Advisors
- Clark Mercer, Chief of Staff to the Governor
- Todd Norris, Ballad Health
- Lisa Swaney, Smithfield
- Gary Thomson, Thomson Consulting
- Dietra Trent, George Mason University
National Experts
- Rhian Evans Allvin, National Association for the Education of Young Children
- Julia Barfield and Cheryl Oldham, US Chamber of Commerce
- Jeff Capizzano, Policy Equity Group
- Angie Garling, Low Income Investment Fund
- Rob Grunewald, Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank
- Christine Johnson-Staub, The Center for Law and Social Policy
- Elliot Regenstein, Foresight Law + Policy
- Saurabh Sanghvi and Jimmy Sarakatsannis, McKinsey & Company
- Jeff Shultz, Bellwether Education Partners
- Linda Smith, Bipartisan Policy Center
- Helene Stebbins, Alliance for Early Success
- Louise Stoney, Opportunities Exchange
State and Local Informants
- Isabel Ballivian, ACCA Child Development Center
- Mike Chinn
- Jenna Conway, Virginia Department of Education
- Holly Coy, Virginia Department of Education
- Patrick Crute, Virginia Alliance YMCAs
- Silke Duke, ImagiNation Learning Center
- Emily Griffey, Voices for Virginia's Children
- Elliot Haspel, Robins Foundation
- Susan Hill, Second Baptist Church Creative Learning Center
- Glenn Hopkins, Hopkins House
- Lisa Howard, Elevate Early Education
- Bill Hudson, Family Child Care Associates
- Kim Hulcher, Virginia Child Care Association
- Carla Javier, Child Development Resources
- Gail Johnson, LeafSpring Schools (founder)
- Heather Livingston, Downtown Hampton Child Development Center
- Christopher Lloyd, McGuire Woods Consulting
- Tammy Mann, Campagna Center
- Amy Martin, Culpeper Baptist Child Development Center
- Cheryl Morman, VA Alliance of Family Child Care Associations
- Phil Panzarella, Easterseals, DC MD VA
- Nancy Petters, Downtown Hampton Child Development Center
- Rob Shinn, Capital Results
- Lauren Small, Early Education Business Consultants
- Travis Staton, United Way of Southwest Virginia
- Duke Storen, Virginia Department of Social Services
Back to Work Virginia Task Force Meeting Materials
Meeting One
Meeting Two
- Meeting Takeaways
- Presentation Slides
- Memo from The Policy Equity Group re: Improving Worker Retention and Productivity: Recommendations for Supporting the Child Care Needs of Employees with Young Children
- Memo from the Bipartisan Policy Center re: A Roadmap for Virginia’s Child Care Recovery and Renaissance
Meeting Three
Meeting Four
- Presentation Slides
- BTW Memo - Elliot Haspel, Robins Foundation
- BTW Memo - Kartik Athreya, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
- BTW Considerations - Jenna Conway, Virginia Department of Education
Meeting Five