| Lack of access to affordable child care often keeps Hoosier parents out of the workforce. Because of this challenge, a new law has been put into effect that allows Indiana to invest more dollars in the state’s Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) voucher program, which helps low-income working families afford child care.
Because of that new law, the State Budget Committee reviewed an additional investment of $200 million in CCDF this biennium. This will reduce the number of families who are on the waitlist, allowing them to access child care. Another law supported by Senator Maxwell is House Enrolled Act 1177, which expands eligibility for Indiana’s tax credit for businesses that provide child care to their employees, incentivizing employers to offer child care for their workers. These two laws have resulted in an increase access to child care for families across Indiana. |
