LINCC Vision
Acknowledging that child
care is an essential part of the California economy, LINCC exists to create
and implement collaborative strategies that stimulate public and private
investment and impact policy to meet the child care needs of all children and
families in California.
The Local Investment in Child Care project (LINCC) was established in California in 1997 to conduct leading-edge work in the fields of child care and economic development. LINCC helps key innovative nonprofits and government agencies in seven counties address the child care needs of their communities by ensuring that appropriate economic resources, policies and expertise are generated to support the growth of a sustainable and vibrant child care sector. LINCC is currently active in Alameda, Kern, Monterey, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Ventura counties. LINCC was incubated at the National Economic Development Law Center, with support from the Ford Foundation, and has received many years of financial support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
LINCC works at three levels:
first, we work at the local level in our communities, educating local elected
officials, planners and child care providers. Second, we work together as a
Learning Community, where we share valuable information and where many of our
leading-edge ideas are generated. Third, we bring our work to other
communities throughout the state and the country through technical assistance,
training and publications
Working across seven counties,
LINCC has experience with a diversity of populations, economies and political
structures, including predominantly rural as well as highly urbanized areas.
The project is designed to have an impact at the local, state and national
level, and has already attracted national attention in a number of venues.
A project evaluation by SRI International found that among other accomplishments LINCC:
- Brought child care considerations squarely into
an area from which they traditionally have been excluded: city and county
economic planning and decision making.
- Leveraged the $1.93 in local dollars for child
care facilities for every $1 the Packard Foundation provided;
- Educated substantial numbers of child care
providers in the business aspects of operating child care centers and homes;
and
- Greatly surpassed comparison counties in the
creation of center based child care spaces between 1996 and 2000.
Find out how we can support
your facility planning efforts, discover new resources for child care planning
and development, download the latest information, and become a member to
participate in child care discussions.
For more information, contact LINCC at info@lincc-childcare.com
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