Child Care Facilities

LINCC Child Care Center Design Resources

• 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/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/30-BRIDGE-Child-Care-Handbook.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/media/filer_public/ef/02/ef02cf88-eef9-4091-9f96-aa03f88931cb/2005_cick_guide_vol2_designing.pdf

Key Books with Site Plans and Other Resources

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 https://www.amazon.com/Child-Care-Design-Guide-Anita/dp/0070474494