The importance of quality care for infants, toddlers, and young children continues to be emphasized. The Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center provided data that support the importance of quality childcare. Their longitudinal study showed that infants who received quality care were more likely to score higher on IQ, reading, and math tests, be enrolled in or graduate from a 4-year college, become parents at a later age, and be gainfully employed. At a meeting of the National Governors' Association in South Dakota, information was shared on current understanding of brain development and how care provided in the early months of life may promote or harm the evolution of behavior that affects the future of a baby's life and potentially that of a community. Enthused and awe struck by this presentation, and with the power a chief executive can wield, the governor decided something must be done. The strategies and outcomes discussed in this article may be in part tied to his determination that brain development needs to be optimally supported during the early years of development and to the ongoing work of colleagues, universities, administrators, and philanthropic foundations.