Virginia Early Childhood Access Calculator

Description:

Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) is excited to share a new tool that will help state, regional, and local partners better understand supply and demand of publicly-funded early childhood services in their local communities. The Early Childhood Access Calculator estimates the number of potentially eligible 3- and 4-year-olds in each city or county relative to available publicly-funded slots and enrollment. Please note that children in publicly-funded ECSE classrooms are included in data that corresponds to the program in which they are enrolled. For example, a child with an IEP is included in the VPI data if they are funded by VPI.

This is the initial version of the tool. In future editions of the tool, we will be better able to pull out the number of children with disabilities to assist with informational and planning purposes.

For the related documents (User Guide and 2021-2022 Calculator), contact the VA LEADS email account.