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Introduction
• Maria Raff: Director, Affordable Buildings
for Children’s Development, LIIF’s
California-wide Early Education Facilities
Initiative
• LIIF: Nonprofit community development
financial institution with a quarter century
of experience providing capital and
technical assistance for affordable
housing, child care and education
facilities
State-wide Intermediary
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Capital grants and loans
Technical assistance and training
Policy and advocacy
Building a comprehensive and
sustainable financing and support
system for early education facilities
Early Education
• High quality early education is one
of the best public investments on
behalf of children and it plays a key
role in the state’s economy.
• Yet, California has enough licensed
spaces for only about a quarter of
the state’s children.
Early Education
• Political and community attention to the
importance of early education,
particularly preschool, is growing across
the state and country,
• However, the lack of suitable buildings is
a barrier to expansion of opportunities to
provide children with quality early
education, particularly in under-served
communities.
Early Education
• At the same time, the facilities
component is complex and requires
understanding and expertise that is
outside the typical realm of early
childhood education.
• Unlike public education facilities, early
education facilities do NOT have a
publically funded, well organized and
regulated system in California.
Schools & Early Education
• Schools are well position (and so
many do already) to support early
education as a continuum of K-12
educational programming on their
campuses and in their community.
Schools & Early Education
• Schools have the expertise to plan
and develop educational facilities;
early education is just a little
different.
• And there is plenty of help both at
the statewide level and in local
communities for schools who want
to get involved.
School Strategies
• The CSBA has a great Preschool
Policy Guide that includes some
great facilities tips like:
– Siting
• Are there available, appropriate
classrooms on existing district school
sites?
• Are there other public or private preschool
facilities that are available and appropriate
within the community?
School Strategies
• Funding
– Are there federal, state or local grants
that could be used to renovate or build
new preschool classrooms?
– Are there state or private loans that
could be used to renovate or build new
preschool classrooms?
– Would including preschool facilities in
the next local school bond be
appropriate and desirable?
School Strategies
• While early education facilities are different
than K-12 facilities, Title 22 – licensing
standards are easy to understand.
• Enhance them with some Industry
Standards for Quality like:
– 50 square feet per child,
– bathrooms in classrooms, age-appropriate
toilets and sinks,
– play yards accessible directly from classroom,
– adequate, separate space for staff,
– adequate storage, and
– a parent reception area
Determining Center Size
Child Care Design Guide - Anita Rui Olds
Space
Standard
(Quality)
Primary
Activity
Space in Each
Group Room
Secondary
Activity
Space in Each
Group Room * **
Adult &
Common Space
(Outside the
Group Rooms)
Tertiary
(Non-assignable)
Space
Total
Building
Square
Footage
Minimum
(Insufficient)
35 sq ft / child
20 sq ft / child
15 sq ft / child
17.5 sq ft / child
(25%)
88 sq ft / child
Workable
42 sq ft / child
20 sq ft / child
18 sq ft / child
20 sq ft / child
(25%)
100 sq ft / child
Better
46 sq ft / child
20 sq ft / child
22 sq ft / child
26 sq ft / child
(30%)
115 sq ft / child
Recommended
50 sq ft / child
22 sq ft / child
24 sq ft / child
29 sq ft / child
(30%)
125 sq ft / child
* In infant rooms, an additional 30 sq ft / child is needed for each crib and the 2-3-foot clearance required between adjacent cribs.
** Because toddlers need both diapering and toileting, an additional 3 sq ft / child are desirable.
School Strategies
Every Community has Resources
like:
• Early education (child care)
resource and planning agencies
(R&R’s, LPC’s, First 5)
• Capital resources (public and
private, equity and debt)
School Strategies
• If you can’t find resources or want to
talk about how to get involved call LIIF.
• LIIF provides:
– Capital
– Training & Technical Assistance (organized
workshops and individual project
consultation)
– Connection to local resources
– Tools
• e.g. facility assessment guide, facility scan –
determines demand for facilities, a guide to
preparing an RFQ to select a private operator to
partner with – and more!
School Strategies
• Support the creation of your own early
education facility policy
• Incorporate early education facilities
planning and implementation into K-12
system
• Identify alternative capital resources to
support early education
• Create new resources – local facility
bond
• Call LIIF and we’ll talk through your
ideas more
For More Information:
Maria Raff
Director, Affordable Buildings
for Children’s Development
Low Income Investment Fund
(415) 489-6119
[email protected]
www.liifund.org
Child Care Facilities
Revolving Fund
A Lease-Purchase Program
for Relocatable Buildings
Alice Ludwig, Program Coordinator
Denise Lobatos, Program Manager
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Jack O’Connell, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
ELIGIBLE APPLICANT AGENCIES:
JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• School Districts
• Community
College Districts
• Colleges and
Universities
• Co. Supt. of
Schools
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County Agencies
City Agencies
Public Agencies
Private NontaxExempt Agencies
• Private taxexempt Agencies
Entities authorized to establish, maintain, or operate services
pursuant to Chapter 2, Article 1 of Education Code Section 8208
Eligibility Factors:
JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
Agencies:
• Must be currently under contract with CDE to provide
subsidized child care and development services
• Must be in good standing with CDE
Have no outstanding debts with CDE
Have not had CDE contracts terminated
Have no fiscal, programmatic, or
non-compliance issues
Eligibility Factors:
JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
Current Need:
Classroom Size Reduction
Program Expansion
Substandard, Health & Safety Hazard
Maximum Funding Allowance
JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
Up to $210,000 for a
Basic Building
typically consisting
of three
12 X 40 foot
modules
Up to $70,000 for
each additional
12 X 40 foot module
Funding Limitations
JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
Actual project costs
up to the maximum
contract allowance
No more than
10 percent of
program funding
available for any
given fiscal year
$250,000
$200,000
Contract
Maximum
Actual
$150,000
$100,000
$50,000
$0
Costs
Use of Funds
JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
Relocatable building
costs
Architect and
engineering fees
Site development
Site improvements
Inspection fees
CCFRF Process
JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
Application review and
approval
Notice to Proceed Letter
Contract and Lease to
Own Agreement
Planning phase and
required documents
First phase fund release
Construction phase and
required documents
Final phase fund release
CCFRF Website
JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r2/ccfrf08rfa.asp
• Applications
• CCFRF Forms
• General
Information
Contact for Assistance
JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
Alice Ludwig
Staff Services Analyst
(916) 327-0197
[email protected]
JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
Join the Funding
Mailing List
to be notified by e-mail when
Department-wide funding
becomes available
http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/af/