This Strategy has been developed to build upon current strengths within the sector and to advance universal child care by increasing availability and affordability of early learning and child care for families in NWT communities. As a 10-year approach, it is based on key elements that are known to contribute to quality early learning and child care programming in the NWT, and includes a vision, values, broad goals and commitments that describe what will be accomplished to support the early learning and child care sector up to the year 2030.