Some of these policy solutions can be included in ongoing pandemic and economic relief packages under discussion in Congress and states through 2021. Some will require a longer timeframe to lead to more seismic changes to the underlying structure of our child care system. The goal is to build the support for incremental change while simultaneously building the sustainable grassroots pressure needed to achieve the systemic changes the child care community has long identified as necessary. We have organized our recommendations into policies that can be pursued at the federal level, and policies that must be advanced through state legislation or regulation. (author abstract)