Indiana will not issue new child care vouchers to impoverished families until at least 2027, Family and Social Services Administration leaders said this week in the agency’s latest strategy to contain enrollment and cut expenses.

“As Indiana looks ahead, the story of 2024 and 2025 will hopefully be remembered as a turning point – a year when policymakers chose to prioritize children and families, even at the cost of short-term strain on child care businesses,” said Adam Alson, director of FSSA’s Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning.

He spoke Wednesday from a lectern in Government Center South’s sparsely filled auditorium, prompting scoffs from a contingent of hard-hit child care workers seated front and center. The announcement was during a quarterly fiscal meeting.

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