Promise Insider Virginia Promise Partnership

In this episode we speak with Kristi Snyder, of Christiansburg, VA who serves on our Provider Advisory, and Monica Jackson, of Springfield VA who is an active member of our Promise Advocate community - they are both two child care providers who are passionate about early learning and care. They each operate two very different settings - Kristi owns three centers, Monica is a family day home provider.
We talk about the importance of quality, the connection with their families, and how the child care stabilization funds and other support was critical for them during the pandemic.

In this episode I speak with Austin Walker, Virginia State Manager for SCAN. Austin has a Master's in Social Work, and brings her expertise and energy to Virginia. She talks more about SCAN’s mission, why its important to support our bold goal, and the importance of Get Out The Vote work.

In this episode, we hear from two legislators who were selected as inaugural 2022 Child Care Champions of the Year by Virginia Promise in Action. Delegate Carrie Coyner - a Republican legislator representing Chesterfield, VA who serves as Chair of the House Education's Subcommittee on Early Childhood/Innovation, and Senator Monty Mason, a Democratic legislator representing Williamsburg and a long standing supporter of child care in his community and in the General Assembly.

The legislators discuss their vision for education in Virginia, the work that they have done to promote early learning and care, and share advice on how we can best advocate for child care.

In this episode, we hear from Radha Mohan, with one of the VPP Coalition Partners, the Early Care and Education Consortium.

Child care policy has been front and center not only in Virginia, but also at the federal level. During this episode, we will discuss the status of the federal reconciliation bill and how that would impact child care in Virginia.

In this episode, we hear from Katie Cristol, Chair of the Arlington County Board, who is a Democrat, and Preston Banks, Vice Mayor, City of Manassas Park, who is a Republican, about their paths to local office, and their thoughts on the impact that local elected officials can make towards quality, affordable child care.

In this episode, we hear from Erik Rison, Vice President of Public Policy and Research for the Virginia Chamber.

Erik talks about why child care is such an important topic for the business community, and the importance of being realistic in our approach as we reach for the bold goal.