Carol Wear, interim executive director at PATCH, has dedicated over 30 years of her career to the early childhood sector and helping families navigate the child care system. In recent years, however, Wear has witnessed the system become more challenged and strained. While the current shortage is concerning, stakeholders of the early childhood sector, have mobilized to respond to the issue through innovative program design and cross-sector partnerships and collaborations to begin working towards ensuring all children in Hawai‘i have access to quality child care.