Category: Early Care and Education

LIIF continues to invest in the co-location of child care with affordable housing. We were honored to be part of today’s site visit for MNC Inspiring Success’ brand-new facility serving San Francisco’s Mission District at 1954 Mission St. In September 2020, LIIF provided a $1.7 million leverage loan and a $2.4 million New Markets Tax…

Districts are spending big on schools tailor-made for 4-year-olds. Research shows that custom spaces affect child behavior and teacher satisfaction. LIIF was asked to offer insights on this topic. Read The Hechinger Report article. Read the Ms. Magazine article. (picked up) Scores of districts are adding this new grade of 4-year-olds. They have to figure…

A Fast Company article delved into the paucity of funding for the physical environment of child care facilities. LIIF works to close that gap. Read the Fast Company article. LIIF firmly believes these spaces, where so much crucial brain development takes place, need to be healthy, climate resilient, engaging, and enriching. LIIF Senor Vice President,…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

LIIF’s Vice President, Southeast Region LaToya Kyle (photo, right) headed to New Orleans for the exciting groundbreaking of the Wilcox Academy of Early Learning in Central City. The power of co-location is exemplified by the latest site of Wilcox Academy. Harnessing the power of New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC), LIIF offered a $2.75 million, eight-year, low-interest…

The LIIF Early Care and Education (ECE) team headed to the Richmond Parkway YMCA Early Learning Center, joining Mayor Eduardo Martinez and child care leaders to celebrate a community win in Richmond, California. The YMCA leveraged a $1.5 million grant — facilitated by LIIF via the California Department of Social Services’ Infrastructure Grant Program (IGP)…