Virginia Mixed Delivery Program
Funding Amount
$3.2 million (Center for Early Success award in 2025)
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Rolling — applications accepted year-round
- Tracked since
- April 2026
From the program guidelines: “…eligible families with infants, toddlers and preschoolers to access high-quality, full day, year-round early childhood care and education (ECCE) services in private, community-based settings of their choice so parents can work and children enter kindergarten ready to…”
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Eligible organizations
- Ready Region Southside service area includes: cities of Danville, Halifax, and Lynchburg; counties of Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick, Campbell, Charlotte, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Pittsylvania, and Prince Edward
Geography
- Based on family income and need
Other requirements
- Statewide Virginia program
- Families must qualify through Ready Region lead agencies
- Children must be from birth to age 5
Overview
Funder: Virginia Early Childhood Foundation (VECF), administered through Virginia Department of Education
Program Overview:
The Mixed Delivery program enables eligible families with infants, toddlers and preschoolers to access high-quality, full day, year-round early childhood care and education (ECCE) services in private, community-based settings of their choice so parents can work and children enter kindergarten ready to learn.
Geographic Scope:
- Statewide Virginia program
- Ready Region Southside service area includes: cities of Danville, Halifax, and Lynchburg; counties of Amelia, Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Brunswick, Campbell, Charlotte, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottoway, Pittsylvania, and Prince Edward
Age Groups Served:
- Infants, toddlers, two-year-olds (expanded in fiscal year 2023)
- Preschoolers (3.5-5 years old)
Eligibility:
- Families must qualify through Ready Region lead agencies
- Based on family income and need
- Children must be from birth to age 5
Award Details:
- Center for Early Success (Ready Region Southside) received $3.2 million in 2025
- Approximately $37.5 million total awarded statewide in mixed delivery grants (2025)
- Uses cost-of-quality methodology for setting service rates
- Contract-based model providing predictable and sustained funding for sites
Program Requirements:
- All mixed delivery classrooms must participate in Virginia Kindergarten Readiness Program (VKRP)
- All mixed delivery classrooms must participate in Virginia Language and Literacy Screening Process (VALLS)
- All mixed delivery classrooms required to use state-approved curriculum (70+ approved curriculums available)
- Must be licensed (non-faith-based), private ECCE settings
- Full-day, year-round services required
- Educator compensation goal: 75% parity to public school teachers by end of fiscal year 2027 (June 2028)
Program History:
- Began in 2016 as innovative pilot envisioned by Virginia General Assembly and VECF
- Has expanded significantly since inception
- 227 mixed delivery sites across Southside region as of 2025
- Settings include licensed center-based and home-based child care
What Center for Early Success actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 10
- Total given
- $2.97M
- Median grant
- $211K
- Range
- $129K–$838K
- By dollars: Virginia 100%. Top recipient cities: Lynchburg, VA; Madison Heights, VA; Danville, VA.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 10% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Just Kids · Danville, VA
Early childhood care and education
$838K
Altavista Area & Brookneal YMCA · Altavista, VA
Early childhood care and education
$614K
Steps · Farmville, VA
Early childhood care and education
$275K
Caring Hearts Academy · South Hill, VA
Early childhood care and education
$272K
Bedford Area Family YMCA · Bedford, VA
Early childhood care and education
$257K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Child care
- Preschools
- Daycare
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