This series of stakeholder maps are designed to:

* Describe the complex landscape of systems that provide or support services for young children and their families, including settings, professional roles, and other actors and organizations (stakeholders) involved in supporting the development, learning, and health of children from birth through age eight
* Illustrate connections among the many different settings in which children from birth through age eight receive care and education and the many different professionals who interact with children in those settings
* Provide a framework to further explore, in a specific context, what stakeholders to engage in strengthening supports for the workforce and where there are possible levers of change in these systems, including what connections are already relatively strong and what connections need to be strengthened