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CHILD CARE FACILITY FUND (CCFF)
ALAMEDA AND SAN FRANCISCO COUNTIES
In 1998, the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) launched its first child care program, the Child Care Facilities Fund (CCFF), as part of its strategy to advance pathways of opportunity for low income people and communities. CCFF is an award-winning, public-private collaboration that uses flexible capital, one-on-one technical assistance, and group trainings to expand and improve both center- and family-based child care facilities in San Francisco. In 2005, CCFF expanded to also serve Alameda County. CCFF has become a national model in response to the shortage of affordable child care.
CCFF provides innovative ways to create, enhance and preserve quality child care spaces by offering child care providers timely and affordable financing through grants and loans.
CAPITAL FINANCING THROUGH GRANTS AND LOANS
Family Child Care
Center-based Child Care
WORKSHOPS
The San Francisco Child Care Facilities Fund offers workshop or training for child care providers. Training topics focus on facility maintenance, beginning and advanced business practices, advancing careers in child care, and how to expand from a small to a large licensed child care operation. These classes are offered in English, Spanish and Cantonese.
Caring for Your Building is Caring for Kids Workshop
Offered annually in coordination with the release of the Community Development Block Grant application, the "Caring for Your Building is Caring for Kids Workshop" trains center-based providers on facility maintenance issues and identifies various resources both locally and statewide for funding facility maintenance and improvement projects.
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
CCFF offers one-on-one technical assistance to providers interested in expanding or improving their child care facilities. Consultation is available in English, Spanish or Cantonese.
PUBLICATIONS
CCFF has developed a workbook for family child care providers called “Business Practices to Keep You in Business”. The workbook is used for CCFF classes and workshops. An "At-Home Workshop Kit" was also developed for child care providers to practice their business skills. Copies in Spanish and Chinese are also available for these publications and may be requested at ccff@liifund.org.
POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND ADVOCACY
CCFF works on local and statewide policy and planning issues to ensure a fertile ground is maintained for child care facilities development and to make sure the voice of child care providers are heard and addressed. CCFF does this through its participation in meetings with county agencies, including: local Family Child Care Associations, San Francisco Child Care Planning and Advisory Council (CPAC), First 5 Alameda and First 5 San Francisco, and Child Care Resource and Referral agencies. CCFF also develops sound partnerships with the Department of Community Care Licensing as well as the City's Fire, Building and Planning Departments to support the expansion or renovation of child care spaces.
CCFF holds InterAgency meetings with City partners and has a Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) with stakeholders to testify at city budget meetings concerning the facility needs of child care providers in San Francisco.