About Us

About ICF

As the number of single parent and dual career families escalates, so too does the number of children needing before and after childcare. Finding quality and affordable child care is an ongoing problem for Irvine’s working parents.

The Irvine Children’s Fund (ICF) is a nonprofit organization in partnership with the Irvine Child Care Project (ICCP) with the purpose of raising money to:

• provide quality, affordable, safe & accessible before and after school child care for elementary school children
• provide child care scholarships for low-income, working families
• assist with funds to expand and maintain the child care sites
• provide grants to the elementary and middle schools and child care sites

Before & after school child care sites are now located on all 28 elementary school sites in the Irvine Unified School District.

Irvine Children’s Fund

The Irvine Children’s Fund is a non-profit community support organization, whose mission is to raise funds to help parents meet the before and after school child care needs for children on Irvine elementary school sites and to provide child care scholarships. The Irvine Children’s Fund has contributed $230,928 toward the expansion and major maintenance of child care facilities.

Our Accomplishments

Through the Irvine Junior Games sponsors, foundations & grants, the Irvine Children’s Fund has provided $3,297,123 including:

• $2,500,128,163 to the Irvine Child Care Project for before and after school child care scholarships
• $230,928 to the Irvine Child Care Project to expand and maintain the child care sites
• $21,920 to complete the ADA upgrades for handicap accessibility at 7 child care sites
• 2,000 child care scholarships to low income, working families since 1993
• $255,472 to the schools and teachers participating in the Irvine Junior Games
• $288,675 to the before and after school child care sites for supplies and activities
• 58,552 child care days provided from July 2014 – June 2021

Irvine Junior Games

The Irvine Children’s Fund has made before and after school child care scholarships a priority for low-income working families in Irvine. Since 1993, the Irvine Children’s Fund has provided $2,364,163 to fund these needs.

The Irvine Child Care Project

(ICCP) was established through a joint powers agreement between the City of Irvine and the Irvine Unified School District (IUSD) in 1984. Under the direction of the ICCP, modular facilities have been placed on Irvine elementary school sites to provide before and after school child care for children in grades kindergarten through sixth. The ICCP selects and monitors the non-profit childcare providers who operate the individual programs. In addition, ICCP was awarded a $420,000 grant from the California Department of Education, Child Development Division this year to provide child care scholarships.