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Current Challenges in Child Care
November 2025 Survey Results
Early learning programs are vital to children’s development and to the economic stability of families and communities across Indiana. In November 2025, we conducted a second statewide survey of child care providers and collected 442 responses from 63 counties. The findings underscore the growing challenges providers face and how programs are adjusting to remain operational.
For more detail and analysis, see the full report.
Previous Survey Results
August 2025 Survey Results
Early education and child care are essential to Indiana’s workforce and economy, yet new survey data from August 2025 shows a system under increasing strain. For the 443 providers responding across 67 counties, looming closures could eliminate nearly 1,400 child care seats. If the same proportion holds true statewide, the impact would be a loss of 10,000 seats – about 5% of total statewide capacity – within the next twelve months.