The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) is a national non-profit organization that channels financial and technical resources to community-based organizations to help them revitalize low-income neighborhoods. Since its inception 23 years ago, LISC has raised $4.5 billion to help 2,200 community-based organizations build 128,000 new affordable homes and create 20 million square feet of commercial and community space. LISC's Community Investment Collaborative for Kids (CICK, pronounced "kick") generates specialized capital and technical support for the creation of child care facilities in low-income communities across the country. To date CICK has stimulated over $100 million in new investments in child care facilities in 40 cities and rural areas around the country. CICK initiated a public/private funding collaborative with the US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Department of Agriculture that provided a package of grants, loans, loan guarantees and technical support for the development of Head Start and child care facilities in rural communities in six states. In Connecticut, CICK worked with public officials to craft the state's Child Care Facilities Financing Program, which generated $46 million to finance 20 new centers for over 3,000 low-income children. CICK has also formed public-private partnerships to launch two statewide child care facilities funds: the Connecticut Children's Investment Partnership and the Rhode Island Child Care Facilities Fund. Both funds provide a package of low-cost capital, training and technical support for the development of child care facilities.