The 2012 rollout of Early Learning Scholarships and the Parent Aware quality rating and improvement system in Minnesota worked well in some areas but encountered issues with timing, paperwork, perceived relevance and resistance to new requirements. This report does not document and assess all the implementation challenges and success, which are part of other larger evaluations of Parent Aware and Minnesota's Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge grant. This report simply highlights some examples of where, how and why implementation worked well in the first year among family child care homes, centers, school-based programs and Head Start, according to child care providers and program directors. (author abstract)