About 11% of Indiana’s early child care providers say they may close in the next year, according to a new survey from Early Learning Indiana. The results come as day cares and preschools face significant funding losses from cuts to public subsidies for low-income families.
Early Learning Indiana surveyed 443 providers across 67 counties in August about their challenges. Those providers represent about 15% of the statewide child care capacity, according to a report from the nonprofit.
“Now, there are troubling indications that an historically unstable system is facing even greater uncertainty,” the report found…