Low Income Investment Fund

LIIF works to ensure access to high quality preschool spaces for all families, particularly those living in low income neighborhoods. We do this by providing financing and other assistance programs for the creation, expansion, improvement and preservation of preschool facilities throughout California and in New York City.

We provide intensive services in 13 California counties (Alameda, Amador, Calaveras, Kern, Los Angeles, Merced, Orange, Riverside, Sacramento, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Solano, Ventura. See website for more details.)

LIIF's programs are responsive to the specific needs of the communities we serve, yet share common strategies that include

• Provision of grants, loans, and services to create, expand, and improve quality preschool spaces;
• Assistance to operators in finding additional sources of financing for facilities development;
• Provision of training and materials that increases operators' capacity to develop and manage preschool businesses and facility projects;
• Connection of operators to experts in real estate and business development;
• Building of partnerships to support co-location of preschool facilities within housing, education, and community developments; and
• Informing policy in support of increased operating and capital funding.