Organizations and Websites

Alameda County Child Care Planning Council, LINCC Project

See links to "Economic Impact of Child Care in Alameda County", "Resources for Business" and "Linking Land Use and Child Care" (http://www.acgov.org/childcare/linccproject.htm)

Building Child Care Project (BCC)

A centralized clearinghouse of information and services to increase the California child care sector's understanding of the facilities development process and access to facilities development resources (http://buildingchildcare.org/)

Cornell University, Linking Economic Development and Child Care Project

(http://government.cce.cornell.edu/doc/reports/childcare)
Promotes and tests new public policy that applies economic development strategies to strengthen the early care and education sector. Resources include database of child care economic impact studies, publications, presentations, venture grants and speakers bureau.

Early Childhood Finance (http://www.earlychildhoodfinance.org)

Issue briefs, publications, conference calls and other resources related to Early Care and Education finance reform.

Insight Center for Community Economic Development (formerly National Economic Development and Law Center) (http://www.insightcced.org)

Technical assistance on economic impact of ECE reports. Publications include:
A Planning Guide: Linking Child Care to Economic Development. Best Practices of the Local Investment in Child Care (LINCC) Project, 2001, Hildebrand, Alex and Stephanie Upp
Linking Child Care and Redevelopment; 1992, Stokley, Janette
Linking Child Care Development and Housing Development: Tools for Child Care Providers and Advocates. 1997, rev. 2002.

Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) (http://www.lisc.org)

Community Investment Collaborative for Kids (CICK): Financial and technical assistance to develop and improve child care centers. Publications include facility design and development guides.

Low Income Investment Fund, Child Care Program (http://www.liifund.org)

Child care/Preschool facilities planning, development and improvement resources; Affordable Buildings for Children’s Development (ABCD) financing, developer assistance, and Constructing Connections community collaboratives.

National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC) (http://www.nccic.org)

Resource List: Economic Analysis of the Early Care and Education Sector. Lists reports done for states and local communities around the nation; also related studies. (http://nccic.acf.hhs.gov/poptopics/econimpact.html)

Publications and Reports

Child Care and Housing Linkage Research Study

Brion and Associates, with Vernazza Wolfe Associates, Inc. Belmont: San Mateo County Office of Housing, 2003.
(http://www.brionassociates.com/child_1.html)

A Child Care Advocacy Guide to Land Use Principles

San Francisco: Child Care Law Center, 2003. (http://www.childcarelaw.org)

"Child Care in Our Communities"

Foster, David, Planning Commissioners' Journal, Number 55, Summer, 2004. (http://www.plannersweb.com/wfiles/w187.html)

Planning for Child Care in California

Anderson, Kristen. Point Arena, CA: Solano Press Books (2006)

(www.solano.com/bookinfo_childcare.htm)

"Putting Child Care in the Picture: Why This Service is a Critical Part of Community Infrastructure."

Warner, Mildred, Kristen Anderson and George Haddow. Planning, American Planning Association, June 2007.

We Care: A Guide for Developing Child Care Facilities with Affordable Housing

Bridge Housing Corporation, San Francisco, 2007.

When Housing and Child Care Meet; Lessons Learned from Seven Child Care and Community Development Partnerships

Meyer, D., E. Smith, T. Porter, and S. Cardenas; B. W. Pryor, Ed. Columbia, MD: Enterprise Foundation, 2002. Describes 4 network and support programs and 3 homeownership and home repair programs for family child care home providers.