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QUALITYstarsNY Blog Highlights Partnership with LIIF to Offer Technical Assistance for New York State Family Child Care Providers

LIIF and QUALITYstarsNY collaborated to launch a yearlong Business Administration Scale (BAS) Community of Practice (CoP) for family child care providers across New York State. With a shared mission to support the early care and education (ECE) workforce, LIIF and QUALITYstarsNY have engaged in a collaborative partnership since 2020. LIIF has tapped into QUALITYstarsNY’s extensive…

Sen. Wyden and Rep. Bonamici Introduce Co-Location Bill, LIIF Report Cited

Today, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), with five colleagues in the Senate, reintroduced legislation to help working families access affordable housing and child care. U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) introduced companion legislation in the House. The Build Housing with Care Act would invest $500 million to construct child care centers co-located in affordable housing developments…

LIIF Pens Guest Blog for Mizuho Financial Group

Mizuho Financial Group, a longtime funder of LIIF, offered the opportunity for a guest blog. Titled “Compassion, Child Care and Capital Funding: The Low Income Investment Fund,” the topic is our organization’s scaling early care and education (ECE) work. Read the Mizuho Financial Group guest blog. It has been a godsend to learn that there…

LIIF Contributes to New NAFCC Report on Housing Needs of Family Child Care Educators

LIIF contributed to the development of a recently released National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) report that puts forth five policy principles to improve housing for home-based family child care (FCC) educators. FCC settings are inherently located in residential areas that make it easier to build relationships among families, caregivers and neighbors, thereby building…

LIIF Joins California District 14 Asm. Buffy Wicks on a Child Care Site Tour in Berkeley

LIIF Senior Vice President, National ECE Angie Garling (photo, fourth from left) today joined California District 14 Asm. Buffy Wicks (third from left), the California Coalition for Community Investment and LISC in Berkeley. The aim was to spotlight how community development financial institutions (CDFIs) invest in historically excluded communities, plus showcase the successes of the…

MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving Awards $30 Million to Low Income Investment Fund

 CONTACT   Christopher Gil   Director of Strategic Communications and Influence    (415) 287-3197, cgil@liifund.org     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving Awards $30 Million to Low Income Investment Fund  Transformative gift showcases trust in LIIF’s 40 years of investing in historically excluded communities SAN FRANCISCO (Dec. 5, 2024) — The Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) has announced it is the…

LIIF Takes Part in “National Child Care Innovation Summit: Business in Action”

LIIF was honored to join child care leaders today in Washington, D.C. for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation ”National Child Care Innovation Summit: Business in Action.” LIIF CEO Daniel A. Nissenbaum offered insights on a panel, “Accessing Capital for Care Leaders: How to Build the Capital Stack.” Fellow panelists included: First Children’s Finance President…