The Pathways Action Map is a tool that can be used to drive action. Action that ensures every child in North Carolina is on the path to well-being and reading on grade level by the end of third grade. It does this by highlighting what’s happening in North Carolina in more than 40 policy and strategy areas that impact grade-level reading and child well-being. These actions were prioritized by hundreds of stakeholders involved in the NC Pathways to Grade-Level Reading Initiative (Pathways) with a focus on racial equity. If implemented effectively, these actions will begin to realize the expectations that Pathways partners hold for NC’s birth-to-age-eight systems serving children and families. They are not the whole universe of what could be done. They are a start. The Action Map aims to build awareness of North Carolina initiatives leading in each of the action areas, and to help advance their efforts through improved policies, funding, advocacy, and capacity-building.  (author abstract)