From day one, the coalition discussed market failure and underinvestment as a leading cause of the community challenges of unaffordable child care and providers’ difficulties recruiting and retaining staff, resulting in a dearth of child care slots. When analyzing strategies to address these challenges, the coalition determined that promoting equitable and adequate funding for child care providers would lead to an increase in licensed slots. The group aligned in identifying this as a high-priority action area, one that all members are ready to launch and support and the effects of which will reverberate to address many of the challenges highlighted in this report. Given Child Care Network’s experience working with statewide advocacy groups and the existing network of local funders who have shown willingness to support early childhood education programming, the coalition felt the region is ready to launch these efforts soon.