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    To ensure children throughout Indiana are empowered with essential skills to thrive in kindergarten and beyond.

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    Our Mission

    To ensure children throughout Indiana are empowered with essential skills to be successful in kindergarten and beyond.

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    Families Providers Employers play a role in ensuring children have the essential skills they need for success.

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    Families

    As a parent, you want what’s best for your child’s development. Build on the foundation you’ve created at home and make your child’s early moments count with high-quality early care and learning.
     
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    Providers

    High-quality early care and learning helps children develop the essential skills they need for success in kindergarten and beyond. Find tools and resources to grow your practice and improve learning outcomes.

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    Employers

    Quality early care and learning creates a two-generational economic impact and is one of the most critical needs of working parents. Learn how you can support quality, affordable child care for your employees.
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    Indiana's Expert and Trusted Voice on Early Childhood Education.

    Early Learning Indiana provides leadership, advocacy and early childhood education services to continually improve the early learning landscape in Indiana.

    The State of Early Learning

    Recent Achievements

    The
    Come Back
    Stronger
    Fund

    Over
    $ 0
    Million

    …awarded to reinforce Indiana’s quality child care providers. Grants are intended to assist with safety-related expenses during the pandemic.

    The Let's
    Get Back
    To Work
    Campaign

    More Than
    0
    Providers

    …have accessed the campaign resources to help them implement new health and safety measures and inspire confidence in the families they serve. 

    The Fast-Track
    Online CDA
    Credential
    Program

    Nearly
    0
    Educators

    …will advance their careers and increase their impact on children and the greater early childhood education sector in our state.