AFFORDABLE BUILDINGS FOR CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT (ABCD) INITIATIVE OVERVIEW
ABCD is a California-wide child care initiative. Through the ABCD Initiative, LIIF works with a variety of partners to promote and support the development of quality child care facilities throughout California. ABCD was initiated in 2003 with the goal of systematically improving the child care facility development process and creating a network of capital and technical resources in California that support quality facilities. ABCD employs a combination of grants, loans, technical assistance, training and advocacy to facilitate and accelerate the development of quality facilities.
GRANTS AND LOANS
The ABCD Fund offers affordable capital for child care projects and technical support for borrowers and lenders.
LOCAL FACILITY RESOURCES
Constructing Connections is an ABCD strategy that supports local child care facility resources in the Counties of Amador, Calaveras, Kern, Los Angeles, Merced, Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, Santa Barbara, Solano and Ventura.
DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT
ABCD provides Development Assistance to all types of developers of child care facilities with training, project consultation, access to tools and how-to guides, and a facilitated peer network.








