All publicly funded programs that serve young children in Kentucky-including license child care programs, state-funded preschools and Head Start programs- are now included in Kentucky All STARS, Kentucky’s expanded tiered quality rating and improvement system. With the goal of increasing learning outcomes and educational success for young children, Kentucky All STARS publicly recognizes a program’s strengths, creates systems of support and provides families with assurances of quality. Each early learning and development programs in STARS has met the standard of their respective regulatory authority, starting at 1 STAR and up to 5 STARS as the highest designation a program can voluntarily achieve. Kentucky All STARS gives parents looking for child care a reliable resource that measures quality and assesses areas like family engagement and staff qualifications.