Early childhood education (ECE) research, practice and, most recently, the experience of families living in a pandemic, have underscored that care and learning are inextricably linked. Yet in the public policy arena preschool and child care are often treated as separate entities. Indeed, the Build Back Better Act, an ambitious plan designed to ensure that millions of American children and families have access to affordable early care and education, allocates separate funding for child care and preschool. Leaders are clear however that successfully scaling ECE hinges on what the field calls diverse delivery—tapping services available in a wide range of locations, including schools, community-based settings, workplaces and private homes. Implementing this important goal will require a fresh look at supply and demand, as well as creation of linked, 21st century data systems that include an online marketplace to enable families to search for, and enroll in, programs that are delivered in diverse settings. Regardless of when, or in what format, the Build Back Better framework is enacted, careful consideration of linked data is essential to attaining scaled early care and education services. (author abstract)