This Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) annual performance report for the year 2014 describes Michigan's accomplishments, lessons learned, challenges, and strategies Michigan will implement to address those challenges. The Michigan Department of Education, Office of Great Start was identified as the lead agency for RTT-ELC implementation in the grant application. Michigan has prioritized its work into seven projects for improving early childhood outcomes for all children. These projects are designed to support the creation of a truly collaborative system of early learning and development - one that requires the collective efforts of policymakers, program directors, providers, and parents. The projects are as follows: (1) Grant Management and Governance; (2) Improving Quality through Increased Participation in Great Start to Quality; (3) Promotion of Physical and Social-Emotional Health; (4) Enhancing and Increasing Access to the Great Start to Quality System; (5) Improving the Early Learning and Development Workforce; (6) Measuring Outcomes for Children, Programs, & Educators; and (7) Increasing Family Engagement. Through the various activities and initiatives within the seven RTT-ELC projects, the state is striving to meet the following goals: (1) Increase access for children with high needs to high-quality early learning programs; (2) Increase opportunities for licensed and unlicensed home-based providers to improve the quality of their programs; (3) Ensure meaningful engagement of families in their children's early learning and development; (4) Promote children's physical, social, and emotional health; (5) Expand education and professional learning opportunities, especially for home-based providers; and (6) Build an early learning data system that provides information (anonymously and in aggregate) on children across departments and programs. [For "At a Glance: The Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge Year 2014 Progress Report," see ED583096.]