Indiana will not issue new child care vouchers to impoverished families until at least 2027, Family and Social Services Administration leaders said at a quarterly fiscal meeting Wednesday, 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 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.

Alson knocked former Gov. Eric Holcom

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