early childhood education

As the Indiana Governor Mike Braun administration has cut funding for child care, a St. Joseph County group plans to ask local employers to invest in a fund to help child care providers with equipment, supplies and furniture.

United Way of St. Joseph County President and CEO Mark Herriman says the Trump and Braun administration cuts are short-sighted because studies show a 7-to-1 return on investment from public funding for quality early childhood care and education.

Ready to Grow St. Joe is launching a new multi-year initiative aimed at improving mental health and social-emotional learning (SEL) for young children in St. Joseph County.

The money comes from the federal Preschool Development Grant Birth through Five (PDG B-5) program.

This round of grants comes from federal COVID relief funds and totals $365 million. Another $365 million was awarded in the fall, to more than 5,800 providers.

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

Millions of dollars in grant funding is being made available to help stabilize the early learning and child care industry, but as providers wait for cash…

Indiana is making more than half a billion dollars available to early learning providers across the state, through a grant program that aims to stabilize…

Child care providers from across the state gathered in Indianapolis Thursday to discuss how best to use a massive influx of pandemic relief funding aimed…

No counties in Indiana provide adequate access to high-quality preschool and child care opportunities, according to a new analysis from nonprofit Early…