In January 2019, Governor Raimondo charged leaders across our state to design an action plan to achieve our vision for Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in Rhode Island. To ensure that the plan developed reflected policy research, the needs of our constituents, and the priorities set forth for our state, Rhode Island convened a design team that mirrored the Children’s Cabinet’s birth to age eight team. This group was charged with driving coordination between agencies on the plan development. (author abstract)