Dylan Peers McCoy
Dylan Peers McCoy is an investigative education reporter at WFYI. Prior to working at WFYI, Dylan covered K-12 education for five years at Chalkbeat Indiana.
Dylan also worked at APM Reports on education-related documentaries, and she studied documentary radio at Transom Story Workshop. When she's not reporting, she spends her time eating, crafting and reading.
Contact Dylan at dmccoy@wfyi.org
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Gov. Mike Braun's $200 million plan would reopen Indiana's frozen child care voucher program to about 14,000 low-income children. -
Rental prices in Indianapolis have jumped over the past five years, leaving many Indianapolis families struggling to afford housing. -
Communities across Indiana are struggling to solve one of the state's largest challenges: How to help families get access to high-quality day care and preschool. -
The bill’s author, Rep. Ben Smaltz (R-Auburn), insisted race was not considered and the goal was to reduce the power of Democratic voters. -
Over the last year, Indiana stopped giving new child care vouchers, slashed the number of spots in the state preschool program and cut how much it pays for care. -
WFYI’s Dylan Peers McCoy sat down with Sam Snideman, vice president of government relations for the United Way of Central Indiana, to talk about how inadequate child care affects families, businesses and communities. -
The state stopped issuing new vouchers last December, and nearly 31,000 children were on the waitlist as of September. -
Indiana child care providers are warning of closures and layoffs after state funding cuts reduced payments and created a waitlist for low-income families.
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Debate over whether Indianapolis is safe carries added weight as President Donald Trump sends National Guard troops to Democratic-led cities he describes as crime-plagued. -
The nonprofit gets state vouchers to pay for care for about 350 children. It is aiming to raise $750,000 to cover the cost of the cuts for the 2025-26 school year.
