What is Constructing Connections?

Constructing Connections of Amador and Calaveras works to create a streamlined process for child care facilities financing and development that increases children and families’ access to quality child care and development services. Such access plays an integral part in ensuring a strong local economy, reducing future government spending, and producing an overall higher quality of life for members of the community. The program is designed to create partnerships among the child care community, businesses, real estate developers, government agencies, community developers and others for the purpose of a more efficient and cost effective development of high quality child care. Better quality and better availability of quality child care services in Amador and Calaveras makes these communities more desirable places for people to live, work, and play.

The program also works to integrate child care facilities development into city and county land use planning, community development programs, zoning and permit processes, and transportation plans.

Constructing Connections of Amador and Calaveras is a project of the Amador Child Care Council and the Calaveras Child Care Council, and is administered by the Human Resources Council Child Care Resources. The project is funded by the Affordable Building for Children’s Development (ABCD) Constructing Connections, a program of the Low Income Investment Fund (www.liifund.org) with major funding from First 5 CA.