Child Care Facilities

LINCC Child Care Center Design Resources

The Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) has eight site plans at this link on the LIIF website: http://www.liifund.org/PROGRAMS-NEW/CHILDCARE/TOOLS/(9)%20Child%20Care%20Center%20Site%20Plans.pdf *(PDF) The smallest plan is for a 60 child center and several are for centers with 100 child capacity.
There are a number of site plans in "We Care" the Bridge Housing guide to developing child care with affordable housing on the LIIF website at the end of the document: http://www.liifund.org/PROGRAMS-NEW/CHILDCARE/TOOLS/(30)%20BRIDGE%20Child%20Care%20Handbook.pdf *(PDF)
Louis Torelli and Charles Durrette are Bay Area based national experts with numerous site plans and pertinent articles on their website including information about infant space design issues: http://www.spacesforchildren.com/profile.html
Building Child Care is a resource that has many design resources mixed in under the title "Centers" and subtitles "Design the Interior" and "Design the Playground" subheads. http://www.buildingchildcare.org/index.php?page=publications
Local Initiatives Support Corporation: Designing Early Childhood Facilities http://www.lisc.org/content/publications/detail/3520

These books have a number of site plans and are core resources:

Removing Barriers to Childcare Facilities Development: Gretchen Lee Anderson, PhD and Diane Philibosian, PhD (1993) http://www.designchildcare.com/
Child Care Design Guide: Anita Rui Olds, McGraw-Hill http://www.mhprofessional.com/product.php?isbn=0070474494&cat=&promocode

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