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December 05, 2024
Crain’s Grand Rapids Business: Developer Adds Child Care Center to Grand Rapids Project—And Eyes More Across West Michigan
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November 25, 2024
How IFF is Helping Kids Win in Missouri by Supporting Local Solutions That Expand Access to Quality Child Care
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November 08, 2024
Caring for MI Future Grantees Demonstrate the Program’s Impact and Importance
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November 04, 2024
Outlier Media: From Paint Color to Air Quality, Designing Better Learning Environments for Detroit Kids
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October 10, 2024
New Early Childhood Center Coming to Grand Rapids’ Boston Square Neighborhood
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October 02, 2024
Second Wave Michigan: Growing Fruitful Neighborhoods – IFF’s Commitment to Eastside Detroit
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September 25, 2024
IFF’s Continuum in Practice: Supporting Community-Driven Revitalization in Southeast Grand Rapids
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September 09, 2024
KSDK-TV: St. Louis Voters Weigh In on How to Spend $250 Million Rams Settlement Money
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September 01, 2024
August 2024 Loan Round-up
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Welcome sign for McClellan Ribbon Cutting.
August 20, 2024
Celebrating the McClellan Early Childhood Center
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August 08, 2024
Second Wave Michigan: Commongrounds Uses Co-Op Model to Serve Missing Needs of the Community
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August 02, 2024
Crain’s Detroit Business: Final Pieces of Cradle-to-Career Plan at Marygrove Campus in the Works
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August 01, 2024
July 2024 Loan Round-up
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July 29, 2024
Cultivating St. Louis’ Next Generation of Community Leaders at Urban Sprouts Child Development Center
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July 23, 2024
Caring for MI Future: Facilities Improvement Fund Helps Upgrade Michigan’s Early Learning Spaces
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July 23, 2024
Second Wave Michigan: MiLEAP Fund Provides Essential Equipment, Upgrades for Child Care Facilities
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July 12, 2024
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Panel Discussion: Child Care Innovations from the 7th District
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July 11, 2024
Regions Bank: ‘Small Dollars, Huge Impact’
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July 11, 2024
Crain’s Detroit Business: Detroit Seeks Developer for Neighborhood Center Near Michigan Central
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July 08, 2024
Outlier Media: Hope Starts Here – Detroit’s Children Enriched by Network of Resource Groups Addressing Community-Identified Goals
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July 01, 2024
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago: Childcare Facility Financing – Perspectives from Three Decades of Supporting Childcare Centers
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June 27, 2024
U.S. Department of Commerce: Convening Private Sector, Non-Profit and Philanthropic Leaders for First-of-Its-Kind National Child Care Innovation Summit
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June 25, 2024
Second Wave Michigan: Repurposing Community Assets Strengthens Communities in Pontiac and Detroit
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May 28, 2024
Caring for Our Future: State Initiative Boosts and Supports Child Care Providers and Creates Quality Learning Spaces for More Children
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Before and after images of the outdoor play space at Hamilton’s Learning Center, a QFA grantee in East St. Louis.
May 24, 2024
Quality Facilities for All Initiative supports early childhood education facilities in East St. Louis, IL
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May 13, 2024
JPMorgan Chase: Quality Child Care Anchors Detroit Community
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May 09, 2024
Michigan Chronicle: Michigan’s $59 Million Investment Paid for Expansions, Upgrades, and Renovations at 1,100 Childcare Facilities
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May 08, 2024
Michigan Department of Lifelong Learning, Achievement, and Potential Press Release: MiLEAP Announces $59 Million Investment to Expand and Improve 1,100+ Child Care Facilities Across Michigan
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May 07, 2024
IFF’s 2023 Annual Report: A Historic Investment in Local Changemakers
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May 02, 2024
W.K. Kellogg Foundation: IFF Research Study Highlights Uneven Access to Affordable Child Care in Kent County, Michigan
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