LISC Child Care leverages its unique position as part of a CDFI with a national team of experts and a robust network of local offices and rural partners in order to craft innovative local interventions with an eye towards the bigger picture – scalability, replicability and sharing our learnings to support systems-level change.
Our work on the ground is tied directly to our three strategies: building a national platform, delivering technical support and assembling flexible capital.
Building a national platform
Engaged Partners
The success of our work depends on engaged partners who can count on us to leverage resources to create maximum impact and innovation. Just like our partnership with Melinda French Gates’ Pivotal Ventures in our Building Innovation for Equitable Child Care Initiative and our partnership with Procter and Gamble to support the growth of child care operators led by women of color.
Local Presence
When our strong local offices meet with forward thinking local partners, we have opportunities to dig deep in markets and create high impact models that support child care providers through geographically focused facility funds. These funds combine all of the necessary ingredients to success.
Policy, Advocacy & Thought-leadership
For decades, LISC has been a thought leader and policy driver in the field of early learning facilities and finance. From forward thinking federal policy initiatives, to driving local and national change, to creating and distributing technical resources, LISC can be counted on as a key voice.
Delivering technical support
LISC has served as a trusted advisor to states and regions across the nation as they work to develop policies and programs that support child care providers with their facility and financing needs.
Assembling flexible capital
Child Care providers, both for-profit and non-profit, can count on LISC for access to a range of capital products.