Child care uniquely lives at the intersection of education, social services, and the service industry of a capitalistic economy, not quite fitting within the funding models or regulatory structures of any of the three industries. A crucial, but already strained, system, child care faced significant disruption as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the current study, we conduct secondary analysis on data collected for the state of Iowa Narrow Cost Analysis to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child care in the state of Iowa. Through a mixed model approach, we investigated changes in cost, enrollment and attendance, and the role of state and federal support after the COVID-19 pandemic as reported by providers and explore similarities and differences in the experiences of center-based child care providers and CDHs. (author abstract)