Additional Resources

Here are some additional resources you might find useful.

Fairfax County has published its Equitable School Readiness Strategic Plan, a roadmap to ensure that every child in Fairfax County has a strong foundation to thrive and achieve lifelong success. The key goals to guide the next five years are:

• Enhancing child health and well-being
• Expanding access to high-quality early learning
• Investing in and supporting the early childhood workforce
• Transforming the early childhood education system to advance equity

Professional Education Opportunities

• Fairfax County - Early Childhood Programs & Services' - Institute for Early Learning
• George Mason University
• Northern Virginia Community College

Local and State Offices

• Fairfax County Head Start and Early Head Start
• Fairfax County Health Department
• Fairfax County Office for Children
• Fairfax County Park Authority
• Fairfax County Public Schools Early Childhood Curriculum
• Fairfax County Public Schools Early Childhood Identification and Services - Child Find
• Fairfax County Public Library Early Literacy Outreach
• Infant and Toddler Connection of Virginia
• Northern Virginia Association for the Education of Young Children
• Virginia Early Childhood Foundation
• Virginia State Department of Education School Readiness

National Offices and Organizations

• Head Start’s Early Childhood Learning & Knowledge Center 
• National Association for the Education of Young Children
• National Association for Family Child Care
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Child Care
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Head Start
• U.S. Department of Education’s Early Learning Initiative
• Zero to Three