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DESCRIPTION:FSSA awards 64 businesses\, organizations\, schools in first ro
 und of grants\n\nINDIANAPOLIS — Governor Eric J. Holcomb announced today
  the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration’s Office of Early
  Childhood and Out-of-School Learning is awarding $18.1 million in employe
 r-sponsored child care grants to 64 businesses\, community groups and scho
 ol corporations. The initiative\, part of Gov. Holcomb’s 2023 Next Level
  Agenda\, is mobilizing employers and communities to create or expand chil
 d care offerings that address the needs of working Hoosiers.\n\n“We want
 ed those who know first-hand the critical needs of their employees\, and t
 hose who are best positioned to partner in their communities\, to create c
 hild care solutions for their workforce\, and they delivered\,” Gov. Hol
 comb said. “This effort harnesses the combined efforts of businesses\, c
 ommunity groups\, and schools that want to support working Hoosiers’ car
 eers and our youngest learners across the state.”\n\nThirty-three employ
 ers plan to provide on-site child care to their employees\, and 13 will of
 fer child care tuition benefits to their workers. The remaining awardees p
 lan to support child care for their employees in a variety of other ways\,
  such as reserving seats at partner child care centers. The full list of a
 llowable uses and details can be found here.\n\nThis round of awardees wil
 l receive 72% of available funding from the $25 million fund. Round two aw
 ardees – which will be announced in early 2024 – will receive the rema
 ining funds.\n\nThirty large employers with 1\,000 or more employees will 
 receive up to $750\,000 each. Twenty-five mid-sized employers with between
  100 and 999 employees will receive up to $350\,000. And nine small employ
 ers with between 20 and 99 employees will receive up to $50\,000.\n\n“I 
 look forward to seeing all the inventive approaches to child care come to 
 life in communities across the state\, and partnering with more businesses
 \, community groups and schools on this important\, collaborative effort t
 o support children\, their families and the state’s economy\,” said Co
 urtney Penn\, OECOSL director. “Birth to age 5 are the most critical in 
 a person’s life\, and now more of our next generation will receive early
  education that is crucial to their brain and social development.”\n\nTh
 e program\, a partnership with the Indiana Chamber of Commerce\, uses a po
 rtion of the state’s remaining federal relief funds from the COVID-19 pa
 ndemic and is part of the state’s broader efforts to strengthen the earl
 y care and education sector\, providing support for today’s workforce an
 d investing in tomorrow’s. The program is also supported by the Indiana 
 Manufacturers Association.\n\n-30-
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