The interdepartmental Early Childhood 2010 meeting was convened jointly by the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services. The meeting was held on August 3-4th, 2010 in Washington DC. The meeting brought together Federal staff, state and local partners and other stakeholders from a range of early childhood programs within the two Federal Departments. A major objective of the meeting was to improve collaboration and partnerships at the Federal, State and community levels in support of integrated early childhood systems.