A partnership focusing on child care workforce issues, developing an infrastructure for routine data collection and analysis in each State, describing the child care workforce in New England, and helping to translate data and findings into policy development, refinement and implementation. Questions addressed include: (1) What does the workforce look like?; (2) How do key variables interact?; (3) What types of professional supports are available and used by caregivers?; (4) What effects do policy innovations have on workforce quality and stability?; and (5) What are the State-by-State variations?