written on May 4th, 2010 | by James R. Klein
On Wed., April 21, we proudly hosted several state legislators, community leaders and Finance Fund project partners at the Capital Club in downtown Columbus. It was an excellent opportunity to share how Finance Fund has positively impacted some of the state’s most distressed communities.
We highlighted four partnership “success stories,” including Ohio Basic Minerals in Jackson; [...]
Tags: CDFI, Community Development Finance Institution, Early Child Development, Finance Fund, Jobs, New Markets Tax Credit, NMTC, Ohio General Assembly, State of Ohio, US Treasury Department
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written on January 21st, 2010 | by James R. Klein
Finance Fund is proud to join an esteemed, knowledgeable panel of experts on the Early Childhood Advisory Council’s Early Childhood Financing Workgroup. The workgroup, commissioned by Gov. Strickland, will develop recommendations that explore the implementation of a single financing system for early care and education programs. This will provide a new and consistent way to [...]
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written on September 8th, 2009 | by James R. Klein
It was bound to happen. Today I walked into a discussion of diapers. Being old school I place diapers in four general categories; cloth/disposable and empty/full but come to find out there are all kinds of sub groups of the first categorization and all kinds of options for the second. It appears “diaper” technology has [...]
Tags: Add new tag, Early Child Development, Head Start, Montgomery County, New Markets Tax Credit
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written on August 21st, 2009 | by James R. Klein
As Ohio families get ready to send their children back to school, I can’t help but reflect on how our society treats its youngest members. What long-term impact will our education and childcare systems have on future generations? A study from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found that children in the United States [...]
Tags: Appalachia, childcare, Early Child Development, education, Finance Fund, Noble Learning Center
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written on June 15th, 2009 | by James R. Klein
I begin today with two days at the Novogradic New Markets Tax Credit Conference talking about current hot button issues in the industry.
The most prevalent is the recently release GAO report “Minority Entities Are Less Successful in Obtaining Awards Than Non-Minority Entities” that attempts to identify reasons for the lack of success. I have some [...]
Tags: Casey, CDFI Coalition, Child Care Facilities Act, Community Development Finance Institution, Congress, McCarthy, New Markets Tax Credit, NMTC, Novagradic, Rapoza, Tiberi
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written on May 22nd, 2009 | by James R. Klein
Sometimes I am content that memories fade with time. Remembrances of childhood or growing up years are always made bettered by lack of memory. I do not, however, feel that activities and discussions concerning state and national child care facilities needs that have taken place over the years have made things better.
In 2002 I wrote [...]
Tags: Child Care Facilities, Early Child Development, Early Childcare, Economic Impact, Futures Group, HR 1685, National Childrens Facilites Network, NCFN, Reggio Emilia, Representative Carolyn McCarthy, S. 1002, School Readiness Solutions Group, Senator Blanche Lincoln, Senator Robert Casey, Step Up to Quality
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