
Community Partners
We collaborate with many groups and organizations to raise awareness of the importance of investing in the early years. Our partners represent a diverse alliance that works together to identify community issues and needs for young children.
Barefoot Kids at www.barefootkids.com
Chesapeake Bay Academy at www.chesapeakebayacademy.org
Chesapeake Community Services Board at www.chesapeake.va.us
Chesapeake Police Department at www.chesapeake.va.us/services/depart/police
Chesapeake Public Health Department at www.chesapeakehealth.com
Chesapeake Public Library at www.chesapeake.lib.va.us
Chesapeake Public Schools at www.cps.k12.va.us
Chesapeake Regional Medical Center at www.chesapeakeregional.com
Child Care Network at http://www.childcarenetwork.net/
Children’s Harbor at www.childrensharbor.cc
Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters at www.chkd.org
CHIP/Healthy Families at www.dss.virginia.gov/family/cps_frs.html
City of Chesapeake at www.chesapeake.va.us
City of Norfolk at www.norfolk.gov
City of Portsmouth at www.portsmouthva.gov
City of Suffolk at www.suffolk.va.us
City of Virginia Beach at www.vbgov.com
Consortium for Infant & Child Health in Hampton Roads (CINCH) at www.pediatrics.evms.edu
Courthouse Academy
Dam Neck Child Development Center
Deep Creek Baptist Church at www.deepcreekbaptist.org
East End Baptist Church
Eastern Virginia Medical School at www.evms.edu
Ebenezer United Methodist Church at www.ebenezerchurch.net
Eden Capital, LLC
Fleet & Family Support Centers of Hampton Roads at www.ffscnorva.navy.mil
Friends of the Portsmouth Juvenile Court at www.fopic.org
Growing Up at Obici
Hampton Roads Partnership at www.hrp.org
Harbor Tugboats www.tugboats.org
Healthy Families/First Steps/Sentara Healthcare at www.sentara.com
Hills Child Care Center
ForKids at www.homesforkids.org
Ida Barbour Early Learning Center at www.idabarbourelc.org
Infant and Toddler Connection of Norfolk
Judeo Christian Outreach Preschool at www.jcoc.org
Kids Priority One at www.kidspriorityone.org
LaPetite Academy at www.lapetite.com
Leaders of Tomorrow Academy
Main Street United Methodist Church Suffolk at www.mainstumc.org
March of Dimes Foundation at www.marchofdimes.com/virginia
Mustard Seed Child Care Center
National Association of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (NACCRA) at www.naccra.org
Norfolk Community Services Board at www.norfolkcsb.org
Norfolk Department of Health at www.norfolk.gov/pub_health
Norfolk Department of Human Services at www.norfolk.gov/HumanServices
Norfolk Development Program
Norfolk Montessori Academy at www.norfolkmontessoriacademy.com
Norfolk Public Library at www.npl.lib.va.us
Norfolk Public Schools at www.nps.k12.va.us
Norfolk State University at www.nsu.edu
Oakmont Head Start at http://www.headstarthr.org/
Obici Health Care Foundation at www.obicihcf.org
Oceana Family Housing Community Center
Old Dominion University at www.odu.edu
Old Dominion University Child Study Center at www.odu.edu/cdc
Opportunity Inc. Hampton Roads at www.oppinc.com
Pocahontas Preschool
Portsmouth Area Resources Coalition at www.parcinc.org
Portsmouth Coalition for Youth at www.portsmouthfamilies.com
Portsmouth Community Foundation at www.thepcf.org
Portsmouth Community Health Center at http://www.portshealth.org/
Portsmouth Department of Behavioral Healthcare Services at www.portsmouthva.gov/behaviorhealthcareservices
Portsmouth Department of Parks, Recreation & Leisure Services at www.portsmouthva.gov/parksandrec
Portsmouth Department of Social Services at www.portsmouthva.gov/socialservices
Portsmouth Health Department at www.pdh.virginia.gov/lhd/portsmouth
Portsmouth Libraries at www.portsmouthpubliclibrary.org
Portsmouth Partnership at www.portsmouthpartnership.org
Portsmouth Public Schools at www.pps.k12.va.us
Portsmouth Reads at www.thepcf.org
Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority at www.prha.org
Preschool Partners of the Virginia Peninsula
Prevent Child Abuse Hampton Roads at www.ucantbeatkids.org
Professional Family, Child Care & Early Education Association (PFCEEA) at www.pfceea.com
Regent University at www.regent.edu
Right Start Early Childhood Center
Sentara Health System at www.sentara.com/sentara
Simonsdale Presbyterian Preschool
Small Voices’ Academy
Square One at www.sqone.org
St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children at www.saintmaryshome.org
STOP Organization Head Start Program at www.stopinc.org
Success by Six at www.uwbg.org/initiatives/successbysix
Suffolk Department of Social Services at www.suffolk.va.us/citygovt/ca/socsvcs.html
Suffolk Early Childhood Commission at www.suffolk.va.us/council/commissions.html
Suffolk Head Start http://www.stopinc.org/headstart.html
Suffolk Health Department at www.suffolk.va.us/health-dept/index.html
Suffolk Parks and Recreation at www.suffolk.va.us/parks
Suffolk Public Libraries at www.suffolk.lib.va.us
Suffolk Public Schools at www.spsk12.net
Sunny Brook Day School at www.sunnybrookdayschool.org
The Children’s Center Suffolk at www.thechildrenscenter.cc/centers.htm
The Norfolk Foundation at www.norfolkfoundation.org
The Planning Council at www.theplanningcouncil.org
The UP Center at www.theupcenter.org
Tidewater Community College at www.tcc.edu
Tidewater Community College Child Development Lab at http://www.tcc.edu/faculty/projects/MCDL/
United Way of South Hampton Roads at www.unitedwayshr.org
USAA Child Development Center
Virginia Aquarium at www.virginiaaquarium.com
Virginia Beach City Schools at www.vbschools.com
Virginia Beach Department of Economic Development at www.yesvirginiabeach.com
Virginia Beach Department of Human Services at www.vbgov.com
Virginia Beach Department of Public Health at www.vdh.virginia.gov
Virginia Beach Foundation at www.vabeachfoundation.org
Virginia Beach Libraries at www.vbgov.com/libraries
Virginia Beach Parents at www.vbparents.com
Virginia Beach Ready to Learn at www.vbgov.com
Virginia Beach Vision at www.virginiabeachvision.com
Virginia Cooperative Extension at www.ext.vt.edu
Virginia Department of Social Services at www.dss.virginia.gov
Virginia Early Childhood Foundation at www.smartbbeginnings.org
Voices for Virginia ‘s Children at www.vakids.org
WHRO at www.whro.org
Willcox and Savage, P.C. at www.willcoxandsavage.com
YMCA of South Hampton Roads at www.ymcashr.org

Did You Know?


- 90% of a child’s brain is developed by the age of 5.
- 78% of parents of children under 6 in South Hampton Roads work outside the home, and must find care for thier children.
- 1 in 8 children in our region arrives at kindergarten not ready.
- Children who start school behind tend to stay behind.
- Nationally, 49% of children arriving at school unprepared come from middle and upper income families.
- 18% of kindergartners held back in Virginia live in South Hampton Roads.
- Holding back a child in kindergarten adds almost $8,000 to the public cost of that child’s education.
- 3rd grade reading level is a powerful predictor: for those who fail the 3rd grade reading test, half will also fail the 5th grade.
- In fact, 62% of Virginia’s students cannot read proficiently by the end of 3rd grade.
- A working, middle class family, with two young children, will spend on average 29% of their income on child care.

