In partnership with the Erikson Institute, the University of Delaware, the Indigo Cultural Center, and the National Association for Family Child Care, the Equity Research Action Coalition at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute will establish a Center for Home-based Child Care Research to support research about home-based child care in states, territories, tribes, and/or local community contexts through a cooperative agreement with the Office of Planning, Research & Evaluation, an office of the Administration for Children & Families. The purpose of the Center is to provide leadership, build research capacity in the field, and offer support in the development and facilitation of local research to improve understanding of home-based child care settings and providers and access by the families who seek and utilize home-based child care.