Category: Early Care and Education

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…

Nurturing teachers, safe facilities, engaging activities — these are what most people think about when they think of high-quality early care and education (ECE). What about access to nature? Today, LIIF was honored to host Mayor Daniel Lurie, Supervisor Chyanne Chen, San Francisco Department of Early Childhood (DEC), SF Children in Nature and other partners for…

The Bay Area Jobs First Collaborative, part of the California Jobs First statewide initiative, has released their in-depth Early Care and Education Activation Plan. LIIF Senior Vice President, National ECE Angie Garling and ECE Vice President, Advisory and State Policy Shelly Masur presented on today’s webinar, joined by our partners in this effort. The topic…

A wide range of organizations and groups have endorsed Sen. Deb Fischer’s (R-Neb.) Child Care Modernization Act. Fischer today introduced the bipartisan bill alongside Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.). The Child Care Modernization Act will reauthorize, for the first time in over a decade, the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) to help provide quality, affordable child…

For 25+ years, LIIF has strategically partnered with the San Francisco Department of Early Childhood to strengthen the city’s child care ecosystem. Our latest collaboration is the scaling of Felton Institute’s footprint across San Francisco. With the opening of their newly refurbished 300 Leland Avenue center, Visitacion Valley families now have a quality space for…

Today, LIIF staff attended the grand opening of the new North Bay Children’s Center (NBCC) campus in Novato, California. First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom delivered the keynote, with opening remarks by Marin County Supervisor Eric Lucan and the Governor’s Chief Service Officer Josh Fryday. LIIF has stood by this center’s side for 18 years, originally…