A workforce-driven, licensed system expanding access to high-quality home-based childcare across Virginia.

🚀 U-LAUNCH: IT

U-Dream-It. Build-It. We-Approve-It. U-LAUNCH-IT

Where workforce meets homegrown opportunity.

U-LAUNCH: IT is a Virginia-based workforce development organization and home-based business incubator that builds the systems, training, and oversight needed to launch legally compliant, income-generating enterprises.

We empower educators, caregivers, and skilled professionals to launch, operate, and sustain compliant home-based businesses that provide essential services, expand access to quality childcare, strengthen families, and build community wealth across the Commonwealth.

Through Registered Apprenticeship pathways, competency-based training, system-level oversight, and compliant business formation, U-LAUNCH enables individuals to work from home as essential workers—while building Virginia-registered, sustainable microbusinesses backed by real infrastructure and support.

Our Ecosystem

U-LAUNCH: IT operates an integrated system of workforce, quality, and business development platforms:

💜 U-LAUNCH: Childhood Development Homes (CDH)
A Virginia-licensed Family Day System that approves, monitors, and supports a network of home-based Childhood Development Homes through our Approved HOMES quality and oversight system.

💜 The Childcare Educator Operator (CEO) Registered Apprenticeship
A U.S. Department of Labor Registered Apprenticeship pathway that prepares individuals through paid On-the-Job Training and competency-based instruction to launch and operate legally compliant, high-quality home-based programs within the U-LAUNCH system.
This program embeds U-LAUNCH’s full competency framework and credential standards directly into the apprenticeship pathway.

💜 U-LAUNCH: CEO Academy
Our professional training and Related Technical Instruction (RTI) division, delivering competency-based, stackable instruction aligned with Virginia’s early childhood and workforce standards and integrated into the CEO Apprenticeship pathway.

Together, these platforms form a single, integrated pathway from idea → training → approval → launch → continuous improvement.

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🌍 Our Reach

U-LAUNCH: IT serves communities across Eastern, Peninsula, Central, and Piedmont Virginia, working with families, workforce partners, and local leaders to expand access to high-quality home-based childcare and compliant home-based enterprises.

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What We Do

U-LAUNCH: IT provides the infrastructure behind home-based entrepreneurship:

Workforce pathways through Registered Apprenticeship
Competency-based training and Related Technical Instruction (RTI)
System-level approval, monitoring, and quality assurance
Compliance guidance and business formation support
Ongoing coaching, technical assistance, and performance oversight
Transparent quality measurement through the HOME Tool and HOME Report Cards

We don’t just help people start businesses—we build systems that launch, regulate, and sustain them.

Why U-LAUNCH Exists

Across Virginia, families need more high-quality childcare, communities need stronger local businesses, and workers need accessible, practical pathways into stable, purpose-driven careers.

U-LAUNCH: IT exists to bridge workforce development and small business creation—turning homes into hubs of opportunity, service, and community impact through compliant, supported, and system-connected enterprises.

Every program we build helps people:

Dream it. Get approved. Launch it. And sustain it.

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Easily Find a Home-Based Provider You Can Trust

Tour nearby CEOs -Childcare Educator Operators

Contact our program specialist and book a tour with one of our home-based providers.

Tell us what you need

Share your care needs and meet our Childcare Educator Operators

U-Pick an Approved Childhood Development Home

Complete our enrollment application and give us your start date.

Safety is Our Priority

Criminal Records Check

All providers must complete a background check in order to interact with families.

Central Registry Check

A search of various electronic databases, plus searches of certain federal and county courthouse public records.

Motor Vehicle

Records Check

All provider’s must submit an annual driving record for the state their license was issued before transporting children.

Monitoring Inspections

Inspections are conducted quarterly (two visits unannounced) to ensure compliance.

The Approval Process

We help you every step of the way!

Step 1.

Contact your Regional Program Specialist

Step 2.

Interview, Orientation, Zoning, Application Process, Background Checks, Initial Home Visits

Step 3.

Required Trainings &
Home Visits

Step 4.

Trade Name Registration, Business Insurance, Zoning Approval & Business License

Step 5.

Get the Certificate of Approval. You are now a CEO-Childcare Educator Operator.

Step 6.

Start Receiving referrals for your Childhood Development Home