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With funding from Wake County Smart Start, Early Years conducted a survey of the Wake County family child care provider workforce in Wake County from February through October of 2019. This study provides comprehensive data on enrollment and structure, earnings and benefits, economic well-being, professional supports, and more. Information from similar studies conducted by Early Years in 2014 and 2003 is also provided. Comparison of the data from these surveys enables readers to learn about the continuities and changes in the Wake County and North Carolina family child care workforce that have occurred over this time period.