印第安纳州儿童保育券等候名单缩短78%，近4.8万名儿童获资助
印第安纳州公共媒体11月3日报道，该州儿童保育券等候名单已从今年5月的41175名儿童降至10月底的9006名，降幅达78%，州长迈克·布劳恩将这一进展归功于州政府的大笔投入。此前，该州曾在2024年底暂停新的儿童保育券登记，导致更多家庭排队等候。
今年4月，布劳恩要求州预算委员会从相关基金中划拨2亿美元用于儿童保育发展基金，目标是让1.4万名儿童脱离等候名单。州政府11月2日发布的声明说，目前已有近4.8万名印第安纳州儿童获得儿童保育发展基金的券资助，高于5月的4万名。
儿童保育发展基金是由州政府管理的联邦项目，面向低收入家庭提供保育券。州政府表示，将继续推进登记与发放工作，缓解家庭的保育费用压力。州政府同时提醒，符合条件的家庭可通过官方渠道查询申请资格与登记流程，工作人员会协助核对材料，尽量减少家庭因信息不全而反复往返的情况。
Indiana Childcare Voucher Waitlist Falls 78% as Nearly 48,000 Children Receive Support
Indiana's childcare voucher waitlist has fallen sharply, Indiana Public Media reported on November 3: the list dropped from 41,175 children in May to 9,006 at the end of October, a decline of 78%, and Governor Mike Braun credited the progress to a major state investment. The state had paused new childcare voucher enrollments in late 2024, pushing more families onto the waitlist. In April, Braun asked the State Budget Committee to direct $200 million from a related fund to the Child Care Development Fund, with a goal of moving 14,000 children off the list.
In a statement released November 2, the state said nearly 48,000 Indiana children now receive Child Care Development Fund vouchers, up from 40,000 in May. The fund is a federally funded program administered by the state that provides childcare vouchers to low-income families. The state said it will continue enrollment and issuance work to ease families' childcare costs, and reminded eligible families that they can check qualifications and registration procedures through official channels, where staff can help verify documents and reduce repeat trips caused by incomplete information.
(Source: Indiana Public Media)
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