This study aimed to identify and understand the best practices of ECE sites that were operating and how to best support these practices to help keep children from underserved populations safely in school as the pandemic continues to help close education deficits. The aim of the present study was to explore ECE teacher/director perceptions COVID-19 mitigation strategies and a secondary aim was to understand parents’ perceptions of ECE sites during the pandemic as well as self-reported preschool children and their families’ nutrition and physical activity behaviors and practices during the pandemic. (author abstract)