Watching successful programs disintegrate due to state budget cuts is particularly disheartening. Adding bypassing investment in other opportunities to that makes it downright depressing.

A widely supported dropout prevention program called Jobs for America’s Graduates was expanded under former Gov. Eric Holcomb, but has now lost all its state funding .

Similarly, the statewide initiative through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library aimed at increasing literacy in Hoosier children is in peril after lawmakers removed it from the state budget. A private fundraising effort is ongoing, but its future is unclear.

These are ongoing programs that might fail.

On top of that, there are examples of initiatives that could be created or increased to improve the lives of Hoosiers. Need a break?

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