Early Care and Education Tools for Providers and Agencies
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Safeguarding and Strengthening Housing Access for Family Child Care
LIIF contributed to the development of this National Association for Family Family Care report that delves into the topic of five policy principles to improve housing for home-based family child care educators.
Washington, D.C. Report #1 | Assessing the Gap: An Evaluation of Current and Projected Future Child Care Supply and Demand in the District of Columbia
Highlights the District’s current supply of and demand for child care in the District, and how the need might change in the future.
Washington, D.C. Report #2 | Child Care Infrastructure in the District of Columbia: A Review of Physical Environments for Young Children
Highlights the District’s physical state of child development facilities and what opportunities and barriers exist to improve existing infrastructure or build new supply.
Washington, D.C. Report #3 | “It’s My School! Over There!”: Assessing Mobility and Child Care Commute Experiences in the District of Columbia
Highlights how the District’s parents, caregivers and young children navigate streets and the public realm surrounding child development facilities.
Report #1: Climate Risk and Child Care Supply in Harris County, Texas
Harris County, Texas, which includes Greater Houston, is the nation’s single most-at-risk county to the likelihood and potential impact of natural disasters, thereby imperiling child care infrastructure. Report #1 focuses on establishing a baseline.
Report #2: Climate Risk and Child Care Supply in Harris County, Texas
Harris County, Texas, which includes Greater Houston, is the nation’s single most-at-risk county to the likelihood and potential impact of natural disasters, thereby imperiling child care infrastructure. Report #2 offers a deeper dive into community conditions.
Report #3: Climate Risk and Child Care Supply in Harris County, Texas
Harris County, Texas, which includes Greater Houston, is the nation’s single most-at-risk county to the likelihood and potential impact of natural disasters, thereby imperiling child care infrastructure. Report #3 offers a path forward.
Bridge Child Care Handbook
A guide with strategies on co-location of child care facilities within affordable housing.
Too Expensive, and Not Expensive Enough: Investing in Child Care to Strengthen South Dakota’s Economy
LIIF’s Joe Fretwell reports on the economics and state of child care in South Dakota. This paper includes outputs of a financial model for assessing the capacity of child care providers to increase pay for staff and qualify for debt for facilities projects. Policy recommendations are included on strategies South Dakota could take to improve business operations and bolster financial sustainability of the early care and education sector.
Including Family Child Care in Affordable Housing: Policy, Design and Financing Considerations
This guide outlines key design, financing and policy considerations for developers, policymakers and ECE operators to support enhanced and coordinated efforts to co-locate family child care with affordable housing.
Quality Environments for Children: A Design and Development Guide for Child Care and Early Education Facilities
A guide that offers ECE operators, architects and developers tips on how to work together on each phase of a facilities project (planning, design and construction) to create high-quality ECE facilities.
Building for Equity: National Early Care and Education Practitioners Advisory Committee
In August 2022, the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) launched a National Early Care and Education Practitioners Advisory Committee (NEPAC) as part of its efforts to center the voices of providers. The group comprises leaders in the early care and education (ECE) field who have successfully used LIIF grant funds in the past.
The U.S. Early Years Climate Action Plan
From Capita and the Aspen Institute. LIIF’s Angie Garling was part of the Task Force.
Niños que prosperan, comunidades saludables, y una nación más fuerte: Plan de acción para la primera infancia en EE. UU.n
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