The Child and Family Policy Center convened key stakeholders during 2011 and again in 2013 to identify needed improvements to the state's child-care system. This plan reflects the input of focus groups of parents and providers held around Iowa and a planning committee of representatives from public and nonprofit organizations involved with child care. Affordable, high-quality child care provides a strong foundation for children's future well-being and improves the state's workforce now and later. Iowa's child care system has a strong base to build on, but too often falls short. This document is an update to a five-year child care improvement plan created in late 2011. Iowa has made several important gains since then--including two increases to provider reimbursement rates under child care assistance--but work remains in three major areas: (1) Affordability; (2) Availability; and (3) Quality. This brief document outlines important approaches and key strategies are in each of these areas.