The purpose of this research highlight is to summarize research about how the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic affected CCEE program closures (both permanent or temporary) and enrollment, and examine how closures and enrollment during the pandemic differed by program setting, funding, and family characteristics. Understanding how CCEE programs were affected by the pandemic can help guide CCEE leaders in deciding how best to support CCEE programs and address pre-existing inequities that were heightened by the pandemic (e.g., limited access to affordable care for families with low incomes). We also highlight some of the government's relief efforts that supported CCEE programs during the first year of the pandemic. (author abstract)