Early Learning Indiana

At L.O.V.E. your Childcare, an in-home childcare business, parents and care providers demanded better regulations.

Early Learning Indiana is trying to increase the number of organizations that provide high-quality care for the states youngest residents. To accomplish that goal, it is offering grants through a new initiative to fund nonprofit programs that aid in the development and education of children age 3 and younger.

The program makes $50 million available for eligible social service providers, child care providers, and nonprofits across the state that serve young children’s developmental needs.

Lawmakers renewed efforts this session to improve early learning opportunities across Indiana, approving changes to focus and grow the mission of the state's Early Learning Advisory Committee.

Mental Health America of Boone County will use a $100,000 grant to address gaps in to high-quality early learning programs.

Indiana's largest early learning nonprofit announced more than a million dollars in grant awards Tuesday, aimed at closing care gaps across the state.

According to Early Learning Indiana, more than $1 billion in federal COVID-19 relief is coming to Indiana specifically for child care an amount providers likely won't see again.

The Closing the Gap report from Early Learning Indiana looks at several factors to calculate communities' early learning resources, including how many seats are available, quality of programs, affordability and how many options families have.

Indiana's largest early learning nonprofit is awarding a handful of groups $100,000 in grant funding, aimed at streamlining business services for child care providers to save them time and money.

Federal COVID-19 relief funding is providing K-12 schools with an influx of critically-needed cash, but millions of dollars are also providing support for early childhood education. Part of the funding will go toward a child care scholarship program for essential workers in the state.