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Need flexible capital? Make LIIF your lender of choice.
Looking to make an impactful investment? Connect with LIIF.
Have facilities needs? LIIF supports government agencies and child care providers.
Looking to make a difference? LIIF advocates so communities are strengthened.
The Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) congratulates Scott Turner on his confirmation today as U.S Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). LIIF stands ready to partner with Secretary Turner and looks forward to working with him and the Administration to increase and preserve the supply of affordable homes throughout the country. During his Senate confirmation hearing, Secretary Turner highlighted the critical…
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…
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…
Entitled “Meeting the Need at the Source: The Benefits and Challenges of Co-Location,” this blog highlights why co-location of child care facilities with affordable housing is a creative solution to that state’s early care and education (ECE) crisis. LIIF is a partner in BuildUp Oregon, which has a mission “to preserve, improve and expand child…
Two recent articles highlight LIIF’s involvement in the Investing in America Child Care Partnership, which aims to increase child care supply and improve the quality of care by beginning with pilots in Arizona, Ohio, Michigan and New Hampshire. LIIF is excited to play a leadership role in New Hampshire thanks to support from the Couch…
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 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 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…
The week of Dec. 3, LIIF’s child care work was on a global stage at “Child in the City Seminar 2024: Keep on Moving,” a convening which took place in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Our Shelly Masur and Joe Fretwell offered insights on the intersection of child care and the climate emergency. To exemplify the crisis,…
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…