 | New England Workforce Partners is a joint endeavor by the six New England states (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT) to address the difficulty of attracting and retaining qualified staff to care for children. NEW Partners share experiences, knowledge, research and data to collectively tackle this issue. NEW Partners will create a model for regional data collection and analysis that can be used to better inform policy makers, providers, parents and researchers - ultimately improving the quality of care young children receive. National Association of Child Care Professionals' (NCEA) mission is to provide leadership to those who build learning communities in response to individual and community needs. It does this by providing its members with national and regional training conferences and workshops; specialized periodicals, publications, and products; opportunities for peer support and networking; and information and referral services. Quilt: Quality in Linking Together: Early Education Partnerships is a national training and technical assistance project funded by the federal Head Start and Child Care Bureaus. Its purpose is to support full-day, full-year partnerships among child care, Head Start, prekindergarten, and other early education programs at the local, state, tribal, territorial, and regional levels. |  |