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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
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Mailing List
to be notified by e-mail when
Department-wide funding
becomes available
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