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Claire Farrington

Internship Seminar

Dr. Ettl

March 29, 2024

Listen, Connect, and Participate: Childcare

For this assignment, I chose to do my case study on our first Listen, Connect, and

Participate (LCP) scheduled for the start of summer. Our LCPs are public educational events that

bring together Republican and Democrat representatives and an expert to talk about a particular

issue facing Hoosier women. The topic for the LCP I am writing my case study on is Childcare. I

chose this Childcare LCP as my case study because I was responsible for a large portion of the

preparation for the event. My responsibilities included research about the state of childcare in

Indiana, current policies, potential panelists, potential partner organizations, and potential

venues. It also involved compiling a list of pre-event resources for attendees, creating discussion

questions for the panel, and drafting emails to send to panelists, partner organizations, and

attendees. My manager, Kennedy, has a lot on her plate and wanted help preparing for this

program. This LCP has to be well-planned, informative, and engaging. It also must maintain our

organization’s non-partisanship status and be accessible to as many people as possible. My

planning for this event aimed to address these needs while leaving Kennedy with little to worry

about in her final execution and planning of the event.

This year W4C intends to reach 2500 people through all of our programs combined. As

such, this event will also play a role in attempting to achieve this outreach target. Through my

work on this program, I hope for this LCP to reach 90 individuals, directly. Further goals include

researching thoroughly to provide a plethora of relevant information, and as many appropriate

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options as possible for my manager to be able to choose from. Knowing I will not be working at

W4C when this event occurs, I want to make Kennedy’s job as easy as possible. I aim to

complete everything, leaving only decisions about panelists and venues and communication with

them up to Kennedy. By working on this program I wanted to develop my research skills, my

ability to take initiative, and my overall event-planning abilities.

When planning this event, I relied on skills I learned in my social work skills class.

Although these skills are typically used in preparing for a social worker's first contact with a

particular client, they are transferable to event planning and thus, were appropriate to utilize in

my planning for this event. The main skills I used were preparatory reviewing, preparatory

exploring, preparatory consultation, and preparatory arranging. According to Cournoyer (2017),

preparatory reviewing “involves examining and considering the information available to you”(p.

251). In this phase, and my first week working on this program, I considered the information

Kennedy provided when she asked me to work on this project. When I first met with her,

Kennedy wanted me to begin preliminary research about childcare, potential panelists, and

relevant organizations. After this meeting, I also thought about things I knew from my

involvement in the planning process for last year’s LCPs. I scoured old documents from the

summer of 2023 to help jog my memory of how to lay out information and exactly what

information was needed. I also looked back at old blogs and social media posts to locate old

feedback or other potentially useful information.

In my second week, I engaged in preparatory exploring. Preparatory exploring involves

“asking questions and seeking information about prospective client or others, a problem or issue,

and a situation” (Cournoyer, 2017, p. 253). At this stage, I met with Kennedy again to confirm

that what I was doing aligned with her expectations. I sought her opinion on whether she had any
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specific dates, venues, or panelists in mind for the event. I asked questions about potential dates

this event would take place, and if there were any specific venues or panelists she wanted. This

stage helped me clarify what Kennedy expected of this program and my role in helping prepare

for the event. At this time, I also researched potential partner organizations and began collating a

list of potential panelists and event spaces. This was an important step because W4C is a non-

partisan organization and we strive to maintain this non-partisanship in all our events and

programs. This means that our panel must include a Democrat, and a Republican, alongside an

expert. In addition, all panelists must be connected with or interested in Childcare in Indiana. For

this specific issue, it was hard to find Republicans who had demonstrated interest. As such, I had

to spend a fair amount of time researching old legislation related to childcare and looking at

statements from individuals that indicated their investment in this issue. This was a struggle, but

it forced me to expand my approach to research by looking at databases I would not normally

use. In terms of finding partner organizations, earlier in the semester I updated the W4C partner

organization database and organized it by issue. This meant I already had access to a compiled

list of appropriate organizations that might be interested in working with us for this event.

After this, I did some preparatory consultation. According to Cournoyer, this phase of

preparation involves “seeking advice from a social work supervisor or professional colleague

within your agency” and, where necessary, “consultation with experts or examination of

published material related to a topic that appears relevant” (Cournoyer, 2017, p. 255). I spent

most of my event planning in this phase. Over the next few, I completed foundational research

that helped inform my understanding of childcare in Indiana. I examined various reports, news

articles, and legislation. As I focused this research on Indiana I began creating a fact sheet with

striking statistics, current policies, and future recommendations. This fact sheet would be useful
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moving forward in informing my knowledge on the topic and creating a foundation to build the

rest of the program. For example, I needed to research how big of a problem access, quality, and

affordability of childcare was to justify this event in the first place. If it was not a problem, it

would be unproductive to take the time to talk about it further when there are currently a lot of

problems within the state. This research would also help me create social media content and

discussion questions about current and future policy further down the line.

Another important task I attempted during this time was seeking feedback about prior

LCP events. Interestingly, this happened very organically at various W4C events. For example,

at our Letters to Legislators event, I conversed with attendees who began talking about the

Maternal and Infant Mortality LCP we hosted last summer. I asked them their thoughts on the

event and received constructive feedback. They said they thought it was an incredible event but

wished the panel had been advertised earlier, especially because one of the panelists was Dr.

Mary Pell Abernathy, the chair of the Maternal and Infant Mortality Review Committee in

Indiana. They noted that we might have been able to increase our attendance if more people were

aware this “big name” was attending. This feedback will inform how we utilize social media to

advertise for this Childcare LCP. We will create our posts earlier to allow for enough time to

spread awareness and reach a bigger audience.

Finally, preparatory arranging “involves logistical preparation for a meeting” (Cournoyer,

2017, p. 258). In my final weeks preparing for this event, this preparatory arranging involved

creating draft emails for Kennedy to send to partners, panelists, and attendees. I also produced a

list of discussion questions for the panel and a pre-event resource sheet to send to attendees to

view in preparation for the event. Finally, reflecting on the feedback I received from past LCP

attendees I began creating social media posts to advertise the event. Although I was not able to
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post these, they will be ready to use as soon as a date, venue, and panelists are confirmed.

Overall, given the variety and number of these different tasks, in completing them all I

developed my ability to support the development of this program in a broad range of

circumstances. I also had many opportunities to use and improve my non-verbal and verbal

communication skills.

While I have put a lot of work into planning this program, I sadly won’t be around when

it will occur. As such, unfortunately, I also will not know the exact outcome of how smoothly it

went and how many people were impacted. However, based on the numbers from last year's

events, I will predict our impact, and provide the tools to measure this. Last year, a total of 65

tickets were sold for the Maternal and Infant Health LCP, including 14 sponsorship tickets. 48

ticket holders attended, plus 4 panelists, 1 moderator, and 4 partner organization representatives.

Although not all ticketholders attended, it is fair to say this program still directly reached 80

individuals, because even though they did not come, they still had access to the pre-event

resources and were aware of the program. In addition, feedback from survey responses noted that

after the event 85.7% of attendees felt more comfortable discussing maternal and infant health

with family, friends, and coworkers. Most people heard about this event through the

Women4Change Newsletter, but only 57.1% of those who attended had interacted with the pre-

event resources. Interestingly, feedback was left saying they thought they were left without a

“next step” or “call to action” as audience members. They desired concrete action steps they

could have taken immediately to improve the state of maternal and infant health in Indiana.

My biggest difficulty associated with this project was finding measurements of success

and assessments to determine the impact of this LCP. Given that the event has not occurred, and

will not occur for some time, I cannot definitively say how successful and impactful it will be.
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As such, I had to find a way to predict how successful it would be based on data from previous

years and various things I have done in response to feedback to increase its effectiveness. Given

that our outreach target for the year was 2500, and last year's program directly reached at least 80

people, I hope this Childcare LCP directly reaches 90 people. This number will include the 5-

person panel and the amount of tickets sold. While this may only seem like a small increase, it is

still valuable. Even if we only sell 10 more tickets than last year, this is still a noticeable increase

and could suggest my extra planning this year was of benefit. If attendees truly do “Listen,

Connect, and Participate” they might talk about the event with family, friends, or coworkers after

it, thus increasing our reach. I think this increase is very achievable especially as I have been

considering last year's feedback during my planning. For example, by having already created

draft social media posts to advertise this LCP, we will be ready to post them as soon as we know

who the panelists, moderators, and partner organizations will be. I also included a discussion

question about what action steps the audience can take to improve the state of childcare in

Indiana so that attendees are not left wondering this after the childcare LCP.

Additionally, at the events I have attended on behalf of Women4Change, I have been

mentioning our summer programming, specifically our Childcare LCP to put the thought in

people's minds. To measure how many individuals we reach through this program we will record

the number of tickets sold, and the number of attendees, partner organizations representatives,

and panelists. I also created a feedback form that will be utilized at the end of the event to hear

what the attendees thought of the event, how they heard about it, and what can be improved for

the next LCP. Interestingly, one observation I have made is that I completed the prep work for

this event 2 months earlier than when I completed it last year even though the events are

scheduled to take place at roughly the same time of year. This means that Kennedy has more
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time to make decisions about who she wants on the panel and what partner organizations she

would like to attend. As a whole, this also allows for more time to advertise the event.

Overall, throughout my time working on this project, I learned a lot about the skills of

researching and event preparation. For example, I got quite bored with researching the same

topic for long periods. Realizing this was the first step that prompted me to try a new research

approach. After this, I began expanding the amount and type of places I looked for information

in. For example, instead of simply varying my search terms on Google I utilized Butler

LibGuides which has a diverse range of reliable, academic resources. In doing this, I found new

information and perspectives that positively informed my research for the LCP. This discovery

and development of my research ability will help me immensely in the future and showcase my

developed ability to create an environment that respects human diversity through the diversity of

the materials I use. Another challenge I had was balancing working on this project and other,

more urgent tasks throughout the semester. While my work on this LCP was important, it did not

need to be completed as quickly as possible, unlike other tasks. As such, I put a lot of thought

into when I would complete certain tasks and how long they would take me to complete. I

revised this regularly to ensure I managed my time well and met workplace expectations

regarding workload management.

Overall working on this program, I have demonstrated the ability to seek and receive

feedback from my supervisor and others. I worked hard to ensure that the work and planning I

was doing were appropriate to the type of event and audience we were expecting. I am proud of

the work I completed to prepare for this LCP. This includes the work I was asked to do and the

work I opted to do that would be useful further down the line. In taking the initiative to complete
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extra tasks I took responsibility for collective duties and decisions within the team. I truly wish I

could be here in the summer to see how well this LCP turns out.

References

Cournoyer, B. (2017). The Social Work Skills Workbook (8th ed.). CENGAGE Learning Custom

Publishing.
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Appendices

Appendix 1- Relative Legislation From 2024 Legislative Sessions

● SB 2
○ Requires the Indiana economic development corporation to annually report to the
general assembly regarding funds dedicated to supporting child care under
specified state and federal programs.
○ Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (FSSA) to
provide monthly information regarding state and federal child care subsidies
available to Indiana residents.
○ Determines household eligibility for receiving assistance under the federal Child
Care and Development Fund.
○ Requires the early learning advisory committee to complete a study regarding
compensation in Indiana for early childhood educators and caregivers at out-of-
school-time programs, create an online dashboard to allow access to
compensation data, and issue a report containing the committee's findings and
recommendations.
○ Amends provisions regarding the On My Way Pre-K voucher program (program)
to provide eligibility for children of child care employees, and amend references
to funds provided to children under the program as prekindergarten vouchers,
rather than grants.
○ Allows 16-17 year olds to provide childcare if they are under the supervision of
an 18-year-old or older provider.
○ Requires FSSA to issue a report to the general assembly documenting the
results attributable to the employer-sponsored child care fund, and the employer
child care expenditure credit.
● HB1102
○ Revises the definition of "child care home". Limits the number of children under
twelve months of age that may be provided care in a child care home. Provides
that certain child care programs are exempt from licensure. Amends certain
licensing requirements for a class II child care home and a child care center.
Provides that certain child care providers are eligible for voucher payments.
Allows certain child care programs at schools to provide services to business
employees' children when the business enters into a contract with the school and
certain conditions are met.

Appendix 2- List of Potential Panelists

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Potential Panelists
● Republicans
○ Senator Linda Rogers
○ Senator Vaneta Becker
○ Senator Stacey Donato

● Democrats
○ Senator Andrea Hunley
○ Representative Robin Shackleford
○ Senator Fady Qaddoura

● Experts
○ Maureen Weber- President and CEO of Early Learning Indiana
○ Erin Kissling- Chief Learning Officer of Early Learning Indiana
○ Tonia Carriger, Director of Head Start and Early Head Start
○ Rene Withers- Deputy Director Office of Early Childhood and Out of School
Learning
○ Beth Barrett- Pre-K Program Manager Office of Early Childhood and Out of
School Learning
○ Sam Snideman- Vice President of Government Relations United Way of Central
Indiana

Appendix 3- Pre-Event Resources

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Pre-Event Reading and Watching

● Light Reading
○ Breaking Down Child Care Options in Indiana
○ Child care legislation coming, but pricey ideas iffy - Indiana Capital Chronicle
○ Improving Access, Affordability, and Quality in the Early Care and Education
(ECE) Market | CEA | The White House
○ 2020 State Fact Sheet- Indiana

● Heavy Reading
○ 2023 Kids Count Data Book- State Trends in Child Well-Being
○ Closing the Gap: An Assessment of Indiana's Early Learning Opportunities
○ From the Ground Up: Improving Child Care and Early Learning Facilities

● Watch
○ Chris Bennett: A close-to-home solution for accessible childcare | TED Talk
○ Ask the Expert- Maureen Weber (starting at 2:30)
○ Indiana businesses to get $18.1 million for childcare help

Appendix 4- List of Discussion Questions

Discussion Questions
General questions
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● What are the key factors influencing childcare, and how do they vary across different
demographic groups and geographic regions?

● How does the current state of Indiana’s child care reflect the impacts of poor policy?
What improvements or changes would you like to see in childcare policy?

● What are the best ways to advocate for change and increase access to healthcare for
women in Indiana?

● What is something those of us in the audience can do to positively impact the state of
childcare in Indiana right now?

For expert
● (If applicable) How you have created and implemented new policies for a childcare
center in the past?

● The average cost of high-quality infant/ toddler care in central Indiana ($13,623) is more
expensive than in-state tuition and fees at IUPUI ($10,244). What are some tangible
ways to make childcare more affordable for families?

For party representatives

● Questions about SB2 (if they supported it)

● Questions about HB1102 (if they supported it)

● Indiana companies lose $1.8 billion every single year from extra wages and reduced
productivity, not to mention costs associated with recruiting and retaining quality
employees. How can we get people in other sectors to care about the lack of affordable,
accessible, and quality child care in Indiana?

● How can we encourage bipartisan collaboration to improve childcare outcomes?

● 55% percent of people in Indiana live in a childcare desert. How can we ensure that rural
and underserved communities have equal access to quality childcare services?

● What do you view to be the most effective ways that Hoosiers can advocate for policy
changes in their districts?

Appendix 5- List of Potential Partner Organizations

● Child Care Answers
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○ Resources for all things childcare. All of the services they provide to families,
childcare programs, employers, and community partners are free to anyone who
lives or works in the counties they serve.
● Building Blocks
○ Nonprofit serving 28 counties in southern Indiana. Match families with early
learning and care programs that fit their needs. Help families navigate eligibility
requirements for local and state assistance
● Brighter Futures Indiana
○ Resource center.
● Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children
○ Advocacy. professional development opportunities, quality program improvement
initiatives, and as a champion of public policy pertinent to young children
● Indiana Community Action Poverty Institute
○ Provides over 70 programs and services to Hoosiers throughout Indiana to
address poverty and improve communities.
● Marion County Youth Commission on youth
○ Early Intervention Planning Council
● United Way of Central Indiana
○ Serves Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed individuals who earn
above FPL but less than what is needed to survive.
● Early Education Works
○ Growing collaboration of state and local chambers of commerce, employers,
academia, philanthropic, nonprofit, and early care and education experts from
across Indiana. Advocate for increased access to high-quality early childhood
education for low-income families in Indiana.
● Early Learning Indiana
○ Early Learning Indiana provides leadership, advocacy, and early childhood
education services to continually improve the early learning landscape in Indiana.
○ Build, Learn, Grow Scholarship Program
● Chances and Services for Youth
○ Resources. Programs to fit the needs of children and directly help to support
families and children
○ Child and Adult Care Food Program
○ Child Care Resource and Referral
○ Camp RAVE
● Indiana Youth Institute
○ Educate, equip, and engage others to collectively meet the needs of every
Indiana child. Support the youth services field in Indiana with innovative training,
critical data, and capacity-building resources as they work to increase the well-
being of all Hoosier children.

Appendix 6- Childcare Factsheet

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Fact Sheet
*Early Learning Access Index measured by choice, capacity, quality, affordability
● Child Care Answers
○ 24% of Indiana’s children live in just three central Indiana counties (Marion,
Hamilton, Hendricks)
○ $13,623 is the average cost of high-quality infant/ toddler care in central Indiana
■ More expensive than in-state tuition and fees at IUPUI ($10,244)
○ Child care costs up to 20.9% of income in Marion County
■ 11.9% and 11.5% in Hamilton and Hendricks respectively
○ Lack of child care has a direct impact on businesses’ bottom line – Indiana
companies lose $1.8 billion every single year from extra wages and reduced
productivity, not to mention costs associated with recruiting and retaining quality
employees.
● Urban Child Institute
○ “Children who attend high-quality preschool programs are less likely to need
special education, to be arrested, or to require social services. They tend to be
healthier, earn higher incomes, and pay more taxes.”
● Bright Futures Indiana Data Center
● Building Blocks Annual Report
● Indiana Government Carefinder
● Center for American Progress (2018)
○ 55% percent of people in Indiana live in a childcare desert
○ 73% of mothers of young children participate in the labor force. Childcare deserts
are associated with fewer mothers in the workforce
● CCDF- Childcare development fund
● 2021 Child Care Affordability Analysis
○ 23rd least affordable center-based infant care
● Indiana lags in health care, community for child well-being
○ Roughly 9% of Hoosier parents with children under the age of 5 report quitting,
changing, or refusing their jobs because of problems with childcare.
● 2023 Kids Data Book
○ Despite gains in recent years, our country is still failing to deliver early childhood
education to more than half of its children (54%, a one-point increase over the
previous measurement).
○ According to one estimate, shortcomings of the childcare system cost the U.S.
economy $122 billion a year through lost earnings, productivity, and tax revenue.
○ The National Survey of Children’s Health reports that 13% of children birth to age
5 (2.8 million) had a family member who faced work challenges due to childcare
(see Figure 1).
○ According to an analysis by the advocacy organization Child Care Aware, the
average annual cost of care for one child in America was $10,600 in 2021 —
one-tenth of a couple’s average income or more than a third (35%) of a single
parent’s income.
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○ Of children eligible for subsidies under federal rules, only 1 in 6 receives them,
and research indicates providers serving predominantly Black communities face
disparities in subsidy amounts
○ Researchers estimate women were five to eight times more likely than men to
experience negative employment consequences related to caregiving in 2022
○ Childcare workers make less than workers in 98% of our nation’s other
professions, despite the vital role they play in preparing the next generation to
thrive
○ Given that 1 in every 100 workers in the United States makes a living caring for
children, these low wages ripple and create community-wide disparities.34
Ninety-four percent of childcare workers are women; 14% are Black and 4% are
Asian, and across all races, 24% described their ethnicity as Hispanic or Latino.
○ Staffing shortages leave those who are left burnout
○ 54% of young children ages 3 and 4 are not in school in the U.S.
● INDIANA 2020 State Fact Sheet
○ Varying levels or types of childcare usually account for between 27% and 44% of
a single parent's median outcome.
● Closing the Gap: An Assessment of Indiana's Early Learning Opportunities
○ Statewide, just over 61% of the children likely needing care can be served
through existing capacity
○ subsidized capacity sufficiency rate is trending downwards in 35 of 92 counties.
○ the current statewide access level is 63.5, indicating moderate access to care
■ No counties currently meet the threshold for adequate access to care,
defined as an access score of 80 or more
○ Statewide, capacity within high-quality programs represents about 48.7% of total
capacity
○ With the statewide average cost of care at just over $8,000, the average family is
spending about 10.4% of their annual income on childcare
● Improving Access, Affordability, and Quality in the Early Care and Education (ECE)
Market | CEA | The White House
○ Primary issues are workforce challenges, high costs of providing high-quality
care, pricing, consumer price sensitivity, and business model fragility.

Appendix 7- Policy Recommendations

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Recommendations
● 2023 Kids Data Book
○ Federal, state, and local governments should invest more money in childcare
○ Public and private leaders should work together to improve the infrastructure for
home-based child care, beginning by increasing access to startup and expansion
capital for new providers.
○ To help young parents, congress should expand the federal Child Care Access
Means Parents in School program which serves student parents.
● Early Education Works
○ Expand eligibility requirements for Indiana’s On My Way Pre-K program and
Child Care Development Fund to include all early childcare workers employed by
licensed childcare programs.
○ Increase the early childhood education workforce through apprenticeships, work-
based learning opportunities, and competency-based pathways.
○ Establish Microcenters- Advocate for statutory and regulatory changes that
include the creation of a pilot program for childcare microcenters in hard-to-serve
areas of the state.
○ Provider Support- Incentivize the creation of provider networks and other shared
services to create the economies of scale required to sustain low-margin early
childhood education providers.
○ Child Care Investments- Invest existing child care and development fund dollars
to reduce market volatility and stabilize a critical supply of high-quality care in
communities statewide, while maintaining family choice.
○ Preparation & Retention- Invest in new and existing preparation pathways and
retention strategies to efficiently build and maintain the caliber and supply of
workforce required to meet the demands of this high-value industry.
● 6 State Strategies To Improve Child Care Policies During the Pandemic and Beyond -
Center for American Progress
○ Set subsidy reimbursement rates based on actual operating costs
○ Pay providers based on enrollment, increase the use of contracts and grants,
invest in the workforce, support the development of shared services alliances
and family child care networks, engage stakeholders to develop a vision for
universal childcare
● Child Care Policy Efficiency: What States Can Do To Promote Affordable, Accessible,
High-Quality Child Care
○ Streamline regulations between the state and local levels
○ Encourage strategies that allow small and medium-sized employers to offer
childcare benefits
○ Support professional organizations that assist home care providers
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Appendix 8- List of Recent Childcare Initiatives and Current Childcare Policies

Recent/ Current Initiatives

● Employer-Sponsored Child Care Fund: $25 million fund dedicated to employers working
to expand access and child care benefits within their local communities.
● FSSA: Paths to QUALITY: Home- Indiana’s child care quality rating and improvement
system.
○ Quality Rating and Improvement Systems assess the quality of care within a
program, work to improve that quality level and give families an easy-to-
recognize symbol that makes the decision of choosing childcare easier.
■ Level One: Health and safety needs of children met
■ Level Two: Environment supports children’s learning
■ Level Three: Planned curriculum guides child development and school
readiness
■ Level Four: National accreditation is achieved

Current Policies
● Provider stabilization grants expired in 2023
● Expanded Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) funding will expire in
2024
○ CCDBG has been historically underfunded
○ Strict eligibility- only those with very low incomes are eligible
○ bipartisan support for expanding the CCDBG
● Inflation Reduction Act passed in the senate
● The American Rescue Plan
○ Provided $39 billion in emergency funding to stabilize the existing childcare
sector. This is only designed to meet limited short-term needs.
○ Child care sector needs permanent infrastructural and fiscal intervention
○ Short-term funding cannot support long-term advancements in access and
affordability
○ Using a stabilization grant through the ARPA Indiana implemented time-limited
policy changes (in effect until funds run out or the deadline is met). This included
stipends to providers based on care type, attendance, quality rating, and
geographic location
○ ARPA stabilization grant
■ $540 million federal allotment ($245 million awarded to date to 3,103
approved providers)
● Child Care for Working Families Act
● Social Security Act/ Child Care Entitlement to States
● Child Development Fund = CCDBG+ Social Security Act/ Child Care Entitlement to
States
● States can receive additional funding through TANF
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Appendix 9- Partner Email Template

Partner Email Template

Good afternoon, ORGANIZATION NAME!

Women4Change invites you to partner with us on our next event, Listen, Connect, &
Participate: Childcare. This conversation will be guided by experts and local community
leaders.

As a partner, we would highlight your organization during our event by displaying your
logo, mission statement, and all social media handles so more people can learn about
the work you are doing in our communities.

Additionally, we would like to offer you a table at our event as a way for you to highlight
promotional or educational materials and better showcase your goals and values as an
organization.

The program will take place in person on DATE, TIME, AND PLACE. Tickets are $10 for
the general public but we will provide as many complimentary tickets as you'd like for
you and your team. We are also providing full scholarship tickets to those who request
one.

If you have any questions or would like to talk through this opportunity further, do not
hesitate to ask. We look forward to discussing this opportunity further with you!

Thank you!
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Appendix 10- Panelist Email Template

Panelist Email Template

Dear NAME,

On behalf of Women4Change Indiana, we thank you for the work you did last session in
supporting childcare in Indiana. INSERT APPROPRIATE THANK YOU

E.g.
● Thank you for authoring Senate Bill 2 and House Bill 1 to 102 to improve the
state of childcare in Indiana.
● Thank you for your continued work in providing childcare to families in Indiana

On behalf of Women4Change Indiana, we are honored to invite you to speak at our next
Listen, Connect, & Participate event to discuss childcare in Indiana. This event is
currently scheduled for DATE, TIME, AND PLACE.

In central Indiana, the average cost of high-quality infant/ toddler care ($13,623) is more
expensive than in-state tuition and fees at IUPUI ($10,244). We would love to discuss
topics like this along with the accessibility, and quality of child care, childcare deserts,
and what we as advocates can do to change these issues. Women4Change believes
your experience and discussion on this topic will be a great addition to our event as we
hope to continue educating and furthering the conversation regarding improving the
current state of childcare in Indiana.

Please let me know if you have any questions, or would like more information about
what speaking at our event might entail. I am happy to answer any questions or
concerns you may have! Please let us know by INSERT DATE if you would be
interested in speaking. Thank you in advance for your consideration and we hope to
hear from you soon!

Sincerely,

Name
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Appendix 11- Event Thank You Email Template

Thank You Email Template

Thank you for spending your evening with us for our Listen, Connect, & Participate:
Childcare! Our speakers gave insightful information on how we can protect our future.
Here are a few of the highlights:

● INSERT QUOTES FROM EVENING

Tell us about your experience! Please take this short survey to let us know how we
can make our next LCP program even better.

Stay connected! Stay up to date on all Women4Change programs by following us on

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becoming an Action Advocate.

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