This issue brief focuses primarily on the child care workforce crisis in North Carolina and how the federal Stabilization Grants have supported child care programs in addressing workforce challenges. The report includes an overview of the grant process and highlights how five different child care programs, including centers and family child care homes, in Wake, Durham and Orange counties used the grants to improve the pay and benefits of their own workforce and also support families and improve their facilities. These case studies were developed through interviews with child care program directors and provide a snapshot of the progress made in the first few months of the grants. (author abstract)