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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.
My mind is racing as I head to the airport to travel to the COP 28 United Nations Climate Change Conference. I have been thinking back on my two-plus decades of work in the early care and education (ECE) sector. I have seen some significant positive impacts, yet many longtime challenges remain. One challenge that…
At noon on Sept. 9, 2020, as wildfires raged in the West, the sky above my typically sunny Berkeley, California home turned bright orange as the air reeked of noxious smoke. I had never seen anything like it. Coupled with a pandemic requiring social distancing, I had no choice but to send my mask-wearing kids…
Read the full paper, “Planning for Resilient Early Care and Education: Addressing Climate Vulnerabilities,” from the Low Income Investment Fund and the Center for Cities + Schools at UC Berkeley Children born today will bear the brunt of the burden of climate change despite having the least responsibility for causing it. Growing calls to position…
LIIF’s new National Director of Early Care and Education Programs on how her experiences shaped a vision for improving infant and toddler learning environments. This is the first article in the series, “Where Children Learn, Grow & Play” which examines the “triple halo” effect of investing in the early care and education (ECE) sector: (1)…