Category: Early Care and Education

Doing a double take: Yes, that is members of the LIIF team in the Twin Cities canoeing down the Mississippi by St. Paul, Minnesota (top photo, below). In mid-May, they joined child care leaders leaders and outdoor educators at the Children & Nature Network’s “Nature Everywhere Conference” — the world’s largest gathering of advocates for…

Madeline Bradshaw, from the University of California, Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy, has collaborated with LIIF on a timely report, “Reconciling Fire Code Regulations for Child Care in California to Improve Child Outcomes.” In its 60+ pages, this comprehensive report highlights challenges for providers, plus puts forth four key recommendations: Read the report. Findings…

 CONTACTS  Christopher Gil   Director of Strategic Communications and InfluenceLow Income Investment Fund    cgil@liifund.org    Gustavo BancheroDirector of CommunicationsAscendusgbanchero@ascendus.org Clara PinskyCommunications & Impact OfficerWorking Solutions CDFIclara@workingsolutions.org  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     LIIF Announces New Loan Product for Licensed In-Home Child Care Providers, Partnership with Ascendus and Working Solutions CDFI to Strengthen Small Business Owners in CaliforniaWith support from the Mastercard…

How do you create a robust national economy? It starts by strengthening local child care ecosystems. The LIIF Early Care and Education (ECE) Team conducted a site visit to see one example, heading to Santa Cruz Toddler Care Center with staff from the office of California State Assemblymember Dawn Addis (District 30). Toddler Care Center…

LIIF joined sector leaders May 6 at Gracie Mansion, built in 1799 and located in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan, for a “Child Care Provider Appreciation Dinner.” Thanks to New York City Deputy Mayor for Strategic Initiatives Ana Almanzar and the Office of Child Care and Early Childhood Education for hosting. This was an inspiring…

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…