CLASP has worked directly on implementation of the child care reauthorization with advocates and/or agencies in more than 40 states since January 2015. This report draws on our work and the lessons of others to capture the experience of states in the months and years following the 2014 reauthorization. CLASP's level of engagement with these states varied from one-time phone or email consultations on interpretation of the law to in-depth, in-person consultation to develop and evaluate policy options for complying with the reauthorization. Our technical assistance ranged from light-touch, broad-based TA to more intensive, ongoing work. The experiences described here and in the accompanying profiles of Alabama, California, and Louisiana, offer considerations and strategies for making improvements to state child care systems with varying political, policy, and financial circumstances. The lessons learned are timely as states begin strengthening their child care policies following 2018's historic increase in CCDBG funding of $5.4 billion by Congress for the FY 2018 and FY 2019 spending bills. (author abstract)