Thank you St. Mary's Center for welcoming Build Up & Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) staff into your space!

Next week!! Register now to learn about the Brighter Futures Fund! ⭐️

Thank you to our partner, Goldman Sachs, for supporting our mission. Through the Brighter Futures Fund, we’re strengthening communities by co-locating #childcare with #affordablehousing. Learn more about our $20 million investment: bit.ly/3CYCXlR

Join us March 26th for our next Network Meeting!! We are so excited to have CalEPA's Amal Syed present on the impact of climate change on children's health and the role of #ECEfacilities in mitigating these impacts. Register here ⬇️ liifund-org.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

This Wednesday! Register now!! 🌱☀️🌺

Our committee hearing is April 29th! Sign on now to show your support for AB 752 and make it easier for #childcare centers to be #colocated with housing and other community buildings! Sign on here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

In rural America, one in three child care centers are Head Start programs. EdSurge Head Start’s Future Is Uncertain. Rural Americans Aren’t Ready for What Happens Next. edsurge.com/news/2025-04-2…

May Network Meeting announcement!!! On Thursday, May 8th at 1pm join us for a presentation on how fire code changes have impacted the ECE field in California! Register here: liifund-org.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Last week, our team visited Sacramento to meet with legislators about the importance of investment in ECE facilities. Then we watched our bill, AB 752 sail through the Assembly Human Services committee!! Many thanks to Anamarie Avila Farias for your leadership and support!

A huge thank you to the Santa Cruz Toddler Care Center for hosting a site visit with staff from the office of Assemblymember Dawn Addis. This fully outdoor, nature-based program is a haven for young children. They used IGP funds to support outdoor learning, eating, & diaper changing!🌿☀️🌧️

Our new Family Child Care Capital Access #loan product offers a #lendingsolution tailored to meet the unique needs of licensed in-home #childcare providers. Press release @ bit.ly/44oVEKN. Nadeen Dorian's success story @ bit.ly/3Fb9Mx1.

Yesterday we joined hundreds of SEIU California and Child Care Providers United members to rally in support of a #faircontract for family child care providers!! High quality ECE requires BOTH well supported human infrastructure AND safe and beautiful physical infrastructure!

Yesterday our bill AB 752 passed through the Senate Local Gov committee 7-0! Thank you to Asm. Farias for your continued support and a special thank you to Elmer Martínez Saballos for your testimony! Read more about AB 752 here: calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_20252…

Build Up CA July 2025 Update - mailchi.mp/buildupca.org/…

Yesterday we presented at #InnovationSummit2025 hosted by CCRC4Kids & Connecting California Families in Asilomar! In our session, "Building Relationships & Building Child Care," we walked through the village of people involved in building the supply of child care.

Build Up CA August 2025 Update - mailchi.mp/buildupca.org/…