Health & the Environment
LIIF is in the vanguard of energy efficient solutions of affordable housing and community facilities such as child care spaces.
Insightful Reads on the Intersection of Child Care and the Environment
Reconciling Fire Code Regulations for Child Care in California to Improve Child Outcomes
University of California, Berkeley Public Policy prepared this report for LIIF.
Building Child Care Resiliency for Efficiency and Health
Extreme weather is a pressing global challenge with profound implications for daily life. For early childhood educators, the increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events make it increasingly difficult to keep their programs operational.
Planning for Resilient Early Care and Education: Addressing Extreme Weather Vulnerabilities
Highlights the physical and mental health impacts of extreme weather on young children and the need to bolster physical infrastructure to protect children.
LIIF Releases New Report Detailing Disaster Threats to Child Care Infrastructure in Harris County, Texas
Highlights the extreme weather risks surrounding child care facilities in Harris County, Texas. Establishes a baseline.
LIIF Releases Second Report in Series on Disaster Threats to Child Care Infrastructure in Harris County, Texas
Highlights the extreme weather risks surrounding child care facilities in Harris County, Texas. A deeper dive into community conditions.
Flood Risks in New York City’s Child Care System: Using Spatial Analysis to Identify Water Vulnerabilities in Family Child Care Homes
Highlights the unique risks from extreme weather Family Child Care providers face in New York City.
Makeovers of Child Care Spaces Connect San Francisco’s Youngest Children to Nature
Highlights LIIF’s partnership with SF Recreation & Park Department and Rebuilding Together SF (RTSF) to engage community volunteers in creating natural play spaces that allow children to explore their world in a way that inspires learning, movement and imaginative play.
Connecting Children with Nature through Thoughtful Facilities Design (LIIF and NCFN)
Highlights LIIF and the National Children’s Facilities Network’s series, Making Spaces, on how children’s connection to nature has changed, and how child care facilities may play a role in restrengthening that relationship.
A Community Win-Win: Co-Locating Child Care with Affordable Housing in San Diego County
Highlights co-location solutions in San Diego with different timelines of construction and implementation as well as types of child care are presented to examine different configurations of pairing child care on site with affordable housing developments.
Including Family Child Care in Affordable Housing: Policy, Design and Financing Considerations
Highlights the community benefits of co-locating family child care with affordable housing and strategies for financing and designing high-quality family child care spaces.
LIIF Vice President, Early Care and Education Angie Garling on Capita Podcast
Listen to LIIF’s Senior Vice President of National Early Care and Education in conversation with Elliot Haspel on the need to incorporate resilience early care and education settings.
LIIF’s Amy Shea on Yale Podcast
Listen to LIIF’s Amy Shea speak on flood damage affecting New York City child care providers.