Category: Early Care and Education

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…

Last week, 13 members of the Georgia Infant-Toddler Coalition, including LIIF, released a letter related to Georgia’s draft Child Care Development Fund State Plan released in May. Read the comment letter. We strongly believe that the design and delivery of programs and policies should be shaped by those who are most affected, namely child care…

After conducting an in-depth statewide landscape analysis, the LIIF Early Care and Education (ECE) team compiled a comprehensive report detailing challenges and opportunities for building quality spaces for young Georgians. Read the report. But while growth and economic activity boom in some regions, especially the Atlanta metro area and coastal Georgia, some regions of the…

A new coordinated effort to strengthen local child care systems and increase access to high-quality, affordable child care in communities that house America’s growing infrastructure workforce has been created. Today, at the Department of Commerce “National Child Care Innovation Summit,” leaders from The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Buffett Early Childhood Fund, The…

LIIF headed to the nation’s capital today for a powerhouse early care and education (ECE) event: the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s “National Child Care Innovation Summit.” As the leading national CDFI working in the child care sector, our team was uniquely positioned to share insights and lessons learned on…

LIIF serves as facility funds manager for the $350.5 million California Department of Social Services Infrastructure Grant Program (IGP). Grant recipient Children’s Paradise Daycare Center is now hoping to open its 11th preschool and daycare center in Ramona. Julie Lowen, president and CEO of Children’s Paradise, made a presentation about the proposed center at the…