An early childhood collaborative improving education outcomes for Black and Latino children
Investing in the Future of Child Care in Connecticut
A partnership Between CERCLE and Mission Driven Finance
Across Connecticut and the country, child care providers continue to face significant challenges securing affordable, stable, and high-quality facilities. At the same time, families continue to struggle with access to care, and employers face the economic impacts of an unstable child care system.
CERCLE and Mission Driven Finance (MDF) are partnering to bring the Care Access Real Estate (CARE) approach to Connecticut, an innovative model designed to strengthen the child care ecosystem by investing in the physical spaces where care happens.
STRENGTHENING EARLY CARE INFRASTRUCTURE
Across Connecticut and the country, child care providers continue to face significant challenges securing affordable, stable, and high-quality facilities. At the same time, families continue to struggle with access to care, and employers face the economic impacts of an unstable child care system.
CERCLE and Mission Driven Finance (MDF) are partnering to bring the Care Access Real Estate (CARE) approach to Connecticut, an innovative model designed to strengthen the child care ecosystem by investing in the physical spaces where care happens.
The CARE Approach
Building the Future of Child Care in Connecticut
Care Access Real Estate (CARE) is an innovative real estate investment approach focused entirely on expanding and stabilizing the supply of child care facilities. CARE acquires, develops, and improves child care properties and leases them to providers through long-term, sustainable agreements.
The CARE model was created to address a major barrier facing child care providers: access to affordable, stable real estate.
Acquire and improve properties for child care
Lease to providers
at affordable rates
Act as a child care
friendly landlord
CT Market Entry Study
Through this partnership, CERCLE and MDF are
launching a market entry study, which examines
opportunities to strengthen Connecticut's child
care ecosystem through strategic real estate
investment and public-private partnership.
By analyzing Connecticut’s unique child care
landscape, provider needs, regulatory
environment, and real estate market, the study
seeks to identify opportunities to expand child
care capacity, stabilize providers, support small
business growth, and increase access to quality
care for working families.
Learn how this community-driven initiative could help create new opportunities for providers, families, and children across Connecticut.
About Our Partner
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Mission Driven Finance is an impact asset management firm dedicated to building a financial system where good businesses have access to sufficient, affordable capital.
MDF designs and manages investment strategies that address financing gaps in areas including community development, entrepreneurship, employee ownership, and child care infrastructure. Since 2016, MDF has managed and administered more than $300 million in community-focused investments.