I2D2 work completed in 2020 is being used to translate data into action by the Child Care Taskforce recently launched by the Governor. This Task Force will be making recommendations to address the child care shortage for Iowa’s youngest children and barriers for the workforce. See more of this research in Iowa’s Childcare Shortage: It’s an Economic Issue and the section on the early care and education workforce in the 2019 Early Childhood Iowa Needs Assessment.