Waitlist for new childcare voucher applicants reimplemented 

The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration’s Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning is reimplementing a waitlist for childcare voucher applicants.The waitlist will impact new childcare voucher applicants who apply for new Child Care Development Fund and On My Way Pre-K vouchers. The vouchers are designed to help low-income families who make less than 150% of the federal poverty level, which is about $45,000 for a family of four, and have a service need (employment, seeking employment or enrollment in an education or training program).The office will continue to re-enroll children already receiving vouchers if funding permits and will reassess the waitlist in October 2025.The reimplementation of the waitlist is due, in part, to efforts to expand access, affordability and quality. The waitlist for the vouchers is being re-implemented as a result of making resources more widely available and affordable. (Photo/Getty Images)“The state’s continued efforts to improve access, affordability and quality of childcare programs led us to supporting over 70,000 children with vouchers, allowing more families to work or go to school, and improving the state’s economy,” said Courtney Penn, Director of the Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning. “We will continue the important work of ensuring families...