From the executive summary: "Funded by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation, with support from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and other North Carolina donors, the Start with Equity: NC Early Childhood Education Equity Analyses Project, led by the Equity Research Action Coalition at the UNC Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, in partnership with the Educational Equity Institute and advised by Child Trends, conducted landscape analyses and engaged with grassroots and grasstops early education partners to identify policies and strategies that show effect or promise in mitigating racial and economic disparities in early care and education (ECE). The research also focused on how policies can be more effectively enacted and implemented to advance equity."