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In the past several years, one of the critical responsibilities of the Library Service to Underserved Children and Their Caregivers (LSUCTC) Committee was to administer and oversee all components of the Light the Way grant. It was a mighty responsibility, and one we quite enjoyed. With the grant moving to the Programs & Services Recognition Committee this year, our committee saw this as an opportunity to provide more resources to children’s librarians who serve marginalized populations. In 2015, our committee rolled out a toolkit for librarians. It was filled with resources, community organizations, and research related to eight different underserved populations. Long have we sought to revisit these resources and update them. Last year, we solicited feedback from ALSC members about the toolkit, and we were disheartened by two pieces of evidence: 1.) the information in our toolkit was perceived as outdated and/or not particularly useful and, perhaps more alarmingly,...