The ECAC strategic planning process was comprehensive and robust. ECAC members and strategic planning partners anchored the planning process in the systems- building and levers for change approach, affirmed the ECAC role for prompting collaborative leadership for a mixed-delivery system, and committed to adopting a racial equity lens to address disparities within and across New York State’s early childhood systems. The ten Strategic Plan goals will guide the work of the ECAC in strengthening and building Early Childhood systems across these four essential elements: 1) providers and practitioners; 2) comprehensive health, community, and education services; 3) standards, regulations and statutes; and, 4) policy and governance. These elements are intertwined and often inter-dependent, which can result in either aligned supports and access for families or in disjointed and inaccessible services. (author abstract)