Section 2. Building a Policy Foundation

Access to high-quality, affordable child care is affected by laws, policies, and governmental actions, including at local and regional levels. Some policies are obvious in their impact on child care supply, while others may have a less direct yet still meaningful effect on the system. This section of the Playbook focuses on topics related to systems-level changes that contribute to a regional policy environment that creates favorable conditions to build child care supply.

Topics in this section include: