Childcare Facilities

A brochure outlining the technical assistance, training and resource materials and funding offered by the Children's Investment Partnership to licensed childcare centers and School Readiness Councils.
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May 2007 press releast the Graustein Memorial Fund's partnership with five communiy foundations in Connecticut to support CIP.
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A publication that highlights research on Connecticut facilities and emphasizes the link between good design and program quality.
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A list of "how to" guides developed by the Children's Investment Partnership to assist organizations that are planning to renovate, construct or improve their early education facilities.
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To help policymakers address the resulting need for new facilities, LISC’s Community Investment Collaborative for Kids partnered with Rutgers University’s National Institute for Early Education and Research to produce this brief, which outlines strategies for successfully financing, designing and developing high quality preschool facilities.
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To help policymakers address the resulting need for new facilities, LISC’s Community Investment Collaborative for Kids partnered with Rutgers University’s National Institute for Early Education and Research to produce this brief, which outlines strategies for successfully financing, designing and developing high quality preschool facilities.
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This report highlights the findings of a study of Connecticut’s early education facilities conducted by the Children's Investment Partnership (CIP), a program of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC). CIP studied six years of data on Connecticut’s two preschool construction programs and offers a plan for addressing the preschool space shortage. The report also contains recommendations for financing programs.
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This report highlights the findings of a study of Connecticut’s early education facilities conducted by the Children's Investment Partnership (CIP), a program of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC). CIP studied six years of data on Connecticut’s two preschool construction programs – the Department of Education’s School Construction Grant Program and the Tax-Exempt Financing Program of the Child Care Facilities Loan Fund, administered by the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority (CHEFA), with the Department of Social Services (DSS). It found that by building up to an annual investment of $17 million per year, the state can erase its 15,000-space shortage in five to seven years. The report also contains a series of recommendations for how the state can further strengthen financing programs as it expands its early education system.
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NCEF's resource list of links, books, and journal articles providing extensive resources on design guidelines, quality indicators, and safety requirements for early childhood centers.

A Report by the Annenberg Institute on Public Engagement in Public Education. This report offers a comprehensive look at the kinds of public-engagement initiatives that have begun springing up around the country and at what they are doing to build citizen involvement and support for school change.