Event

Promising Approaches to Financing Child Care Facilities

September 19, 2024

On Thursday, September 19, 2024, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, will host an in-person event at Connecticut’s Housatonic Community College on innovative financing in the child care sector.

The event will focus on the challenges that child care providers face in securing capital to expand and contain the cost of center-based and home care to meet demand for safe, affordable, quality child care. This event will feature case studies on new approaches to funding child care facilities from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.

The event will be of interest to child care providers, policymakers, financial institutions, foundations, and community organizations.

Event registration closes at 12:00 am, September 12, 2024.


Event Details

Date & Time
September 19, 2024
10:00am-2:30pm

Location
Housatonic Community College
900 Lafayette Blvd.
Bridgeport, CT 06604

Audience
This in-person event is open to the public.

Media
This event is open to the media. All remarks are on the record. For media inquiries, please contact Ellen Simon at Ellen.Simon@ny.frb.org.

Agenda
Agenda
10:00am-10:15am  Welcome Remarks

Beth Bye, Commissioner for the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood, State of Connecticut
10:15am-10:45am  Discussion on Challenges and Unmet Needs in Child Care Facilities Financing

Moderator: Colleen Dawicki, Director, Working Places, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Georgia Goldburn, Executive Director, Hope for New Haven Inc

Tomas Olivo Valentin, Initiative Director, Working Cities Challenge, RIBA Aspira Career Academy

Allyx Schiavone, Executive Director, Friends Center for Children
10:45am-11:30am  Exploring Existing Resources in CT and Beyond

Moderator: Carmen Panacopoulos, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Elizabeth Fraser, Program Officer, Early Childhood Facilities and Renovation Project, LISC Connecticut

Kirby Burkholder, President, Core Business Solutions, IFF

Kimberly Latimer-Nelligan, President, LIIF
11:30am-12:15pm  Networking Activity
12:15pm-1:00pm  Luncheon Remarks

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, State of Connecticut, Third Congressional District (recorded remarks)
1:00pm-1:45pm  On the Horizon: What Promising Approaches Lead to Breakthroughs?

Moderator: Jonathan Kivell, Director of Strategic Partnerships & Community Impact, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Laura Kohn, Vice President, Care and Education, Mission Driven Finance

En Jung Kim, Managing Director, JPMorgan Chase, Community Development Banking New Markets Tax Credit Group

Erin Roche, Vermont Director, First Children’s Finance
1:45pm-2:15pm  What’s Next? A Facilitated Discussion
2:15pm-2:30pm  Closing Remarks

Pierre Joseph, Working Cities Manager, Regional & Community Outreach, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston



Speakers

Kirby Burkholder
President
Core Business Solutions, IFF


Beth Bye
Commissioner for the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood
State of Connecticut


Colleen Dawicki
Director, Working Places
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston


Rosa DeLauro
Congresswoman
State of Connecticut, Third Congressional District


Elizabeth Fraser
Program Officer, Early Childhood Facilities and Renovation Project
LISC Connecticut


Georgia Goldburn
Executive Director
Hope for New Haven Inc


Pierre Joseph
Working Cities Manager, Regional & Community Outreach
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston


En Jung Kim
Managing Director
JPMorgan Chase, Community Development Banking New Markets Tax Credit Group


Jonathan Kivell
Director of Strategic Partnerships & Community Impact
Federal Reserve Bank of New York


Laura Kohn
Vice President, Care and Education
Mission Driven Finance


Kimberly Latimer-Nelligan
President
LIIF


Tomas Olivo Valentin
Initiative Director, Working Cities Challenge
RIBA Aspira Career Academy


Carmen Panacopoulos
Sr. Business Strategy Manager Regional & Community Outreach
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston


Erin Roche
Vermont Director
First Children’s Finance


Allyx Schiavone
Executive Director
Friends Center for Children Exploring Existing Resources in CT and Beyond


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