- June 19, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
The child care industry has been long-plagued by issues stemming from inadequate funding support, including low pay for staff, and providers say that makes community support critical to their sustainability.
(Jeanie Lindsay/IPB News)
Indiana’s largest early learning nonprofit is awarding a handful of groups $100,000 in grant funding, aimed at streamlining business services for child care providers to save them time and money.
Early Learning Indiana is awarding grants to seven groups across the state that will use the funding to support child care centers and providers in their area.
In Monroe County, a group called Monroe Smart Start will use the funds to create a digital hub for child care providers where they can more easily manage things like staffing needs, finances and bookkeeping.
Monroe Smart Start Coordinator Jennifer Myers said one goal is to free up resources for child care providers to use them where they need them the most;…
