The Research-to-Policy Connections series summarizes current research on key topics in child care and early education and discusses implications for policymakers. An examination of employed parents' child care arrangements for their infants and toddlers while working, at school, or otherwise unavailable to provide parental child care, and secondarily what factors influence the types of child care arrangements for children in the United States under the age of 3 are reported. (Contains 6 endnotes.)