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This report was prepared for EdNC by Chunyi Xu, a graduate student completing the Master of Public Policy Program at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University. It can be downloaded here.

Early childhood education is crucial to children’s development, with long-lasting impacts on their lives. Home-based child care providers play a significant role in the early childhood education system, especially in supporting marginalized communities and addressing equity issues.

However, North Carolina’s current statewide pre-K program, NC Pre-K, does not include home-based providers. By interviewing North Carolina early childhood program stakeholders and conducting case studies on places implementing a mixed-delivery public pre-K system, this project aims to highlight the necessity of engaging home-based providers, examine their challenges in North Carolina, and explore practices to best support them.