Category: Early Care and Education

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)…

CONTACT   Christopher Gil   Director of Strategic Communications and Influence    (415) 287-3197, cgil@liifund.org    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and Ballmer Group Award Grants to Scale LIIF’s Los Angeles County Child Care Impact   Grants totaling $2.1 million combined will strengthen the county’s early care and education ecosystem   SAN FRANCISCO (Oct. 25, 2024) — The Low…

LIIF has been helping providers rehabilitate their child care facilities to mitigate the deleterious effects of the climate emergency. This article details LIIF’s efforts as facilitator of California’s $350.5 million Infrastructure Grant Program (IGP). Read the KQED article. Projects include solar panels, shade structures, HVAC systems, insulated windows and misting systems to keep children cool…

LIIF Board Vice Chair Jessica Sager and Janna Wagner, child care leaders and co-founders of All Or Kin, are the recipients of the 2024 The Heinz Award for the Economy. The Heinz Award judges indicated that “independent analyses show that All Our Kin’s work contributes to the creation of thriving, neighborhood-based, early learning environments. All…

This article details how children under age 5 are physically more susceptible to the negative effects of extreme heat. LIIF grantee Nancy Harvey, a home-based provider in Oakland, California, is featured. She has welcomed some climate adaptations in her home over the last year. Read the article. They absolutely do not have the infrastructure that…