Indiana lacks affordable, quality child care. So why aren’t the child care bills moving forward?
NPR WFYI By Adam Yahya Rayes and Sydney Dauphinais March 17, 2023 Families across Indiana lack access to child care. Several bills were introduced this legislative session that aim to make child care more affordable and widespread. Yet all seven bills failed to advance in the Statehouse despite broad support from employer and welfare groups as well as lawmakers of both parties. The latest state data available, from Early Learning Indiana in 2019, shows Indiana only has the capacity to serve around 44 percent...