Childrens Investment Fund Inc

Technical assistance and lending: cif provides a full range of financing, training, and technical services options for early education and out-of-school time providers seeking to construct or improve their facilities. Cif's signature training, the building stronger centers institute, is a four-day, intensive training designed for childcare centers that are planning a major renovation or construction project. Content includes information on the development process, financing strategies, high-quality design, and examples of successful projects. In addition to providing technical expertise and training, cif offers predevelopment, site acquisition, construction loans, and term loans to help finance the cost of developing larger capital projects, leasehold improvements, and equipment on flexible loan terms that meet the needs of childcare providers of all sizes. In 2018, cif extended this support to affordable housing developers that are creating family units in massachusetts.

Facility improvement grants: cif raises capital that can be used for grants to providers to fund the cost of facility improvements. Cif has received total funding of $2 million from the liberty mutual foundation to fund accessibility improvements in boston-based early education and out-of-school time centers. In fiscal year 2024, cif received a grant from the u.s. Department of the treasury's cdfi fund for $986,991 under the equitable recovery program (erp). Cif is using these funds to provide capital grants to child care providers located in low or moderate-income majority minority census tracts in massachusetts. Cif has awarded $960,000 of the erp grants to five providers as of june 30, 2025.