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Abstract
With the national shortage of early childhood educators and the persistent need for racially, ethnically, and linguistically diverse care providers, there must be a critical reflection on how early childhood education (ECE) governing agencies can develop trusting, culturally relevant partnerships with Providers of Color to support the care and education of children and communities. This chapter offers recommendations toward fostering culturally relevant relational trust for ECE regulatory agencies that want to develop empowering partnerships with childcare Providers of Color. Recommendations include developing critical consciousness of unique social histories; rooting assessment and support within communal funds of knowledge; shifting power back into the hands of families and providers; and finally, engaging communities and providers through consistency and organizational integrity.