This booklet summarizes results of a 1975 telephone survey of the 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands to determine state priorities for young children, present problems and future predictions. Presented is a composite of responses from officials in state departments of education and human resources, governors' offices, and governors' legislative liaisons. In most cases, major concerns of governors' offices reflected similar concerns in state agencies. From one to three persons were interviewed in each of the states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Officials seemed to concur on certain factors impeding improvement of state performance in meeting children's needs. Included were factors connected with: service delivery systems; minority and impoverished target populations; administrative coordination; staffing shortages; training and public education needs; federal paperwork demands; and data collection deficiences. Among top priority areas listed by respondents were: abused and neglected children, the handicapped, day care and kindergarten screening for developmental disabilities, upgrading of basic learning skills, and maternal and infant care. (Author/BF)