Category: Early Care and Education

On Friday, LIIF closed a $1,050,000 Brighter Futures Fund (BFF) loan to CommUnify, a nonprofit child care operator in Santa Barbara County, California. CommUnify used the loan to acquire a child care facility from a church in Santa Maria, which it will renovate into a new center serving up to 70 children ages 0-5. Perhaps most significantly, CommUnify will own the ground its program stands on for the first time in its nearly…

Several members of LIIF’s ECE team had the chance for a wonderful volunteer opportunity with members of LIIF partner First Five Alameda County this month. Phranda Wolfe, Senior ECE Program Officer, and Angie Garling, Senior Vice President, National ECE, helped organize an afternoon at the Alameda County Community Food Bank in support of families across…

LIIF leaders were in Virginia this week to pay a visit to Jackson Child Care, an early care and education (ECE) provider beneficiary of the Family Child Care Business Accelerator Program, made possible by support from PNC Grow Up Great. For more than 30 years, Jackson Child Care has provided high-quality, relationship-based early learning for…

The Low Income Investment Fund’s ECE State Policy team was pleased recently to advocate alongside Parent Voices and Build Up San Mateo County as part of Stand for Children Day in Sacramento, CA on May 12. Together, LIIF and partners elevated the voices of providers and centered the needs of families across California in their…

LIIF’s ECE team is pleased to announce the successful completion of the Promise All Atlanta Children Thrive (PAACT) Repair and Renovation Grant Program in Atlanta, Georgia!  Since 2022, LIIF has partnered with this citywide alliance to improve early childhood outcomes through collaborative, community-led solutions. Together with local partners, LIIF helped administer the deployment of $5 million in…

With a 25-year history helping to create, preserve and enhance 34,000 child care spaces across San Francisco, the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) strongly supports Mayor Daniel Lurie’s new Family Opportunity Agenda. A cornerstone of this landmark economic empowerment initiative is the commitment that children under age 5 will have access to no- or reduced-cost…

Today, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham convened a “Child Care Summit” at the Governor’s mansion in Santa Fe (top photo). LIIF Senior Vice President, National ECE Angie Garling and ECE Vice President, Advisory and State Policy Shelly Masur (second photo, left to right) moderated panels tailored to an audience of New Mexico mayors, Pueblos,…

The LIIF Early Care and Education (ECE) Team shared insights at this week’s BUILD25 convening of child care leaders in Los Angeles. For example, our Senior Policy and Program Officer, ECE Samantha Peyton joined Dr. Wanzi Muruvi of the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, UC Berkeley and Dr. Marisa Schlieber from the…

LIIF staff today headed to Hayward, California to take part in a site visit of Cherryland Early Learning Center, which is owned and operated by YMCA of the East Bay. In December 2021, LIIF provided a $9.5 million New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocation to fund the cost to renovate an existing two-story 9,000-square-foot church into…

The LIIF Early Care and Education (ECE) Team recently headed to Portland, Oregon to visit with staff from the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO), founded by refugees almost five decades ago with a mission “to welcome, serve, and empower refugees, immigrants and people across cultures and generations to reach their full potential.” Hosts Thomas…