Lilly Endowment is supporting 68 community organizations in Indiana through its Early Years Initiative, aimed at improving early childhood development for infants through three years old.
INDIANAPOLIS — Lilly Endowment is investing in the future of Hoosier children and their families.A total of 68 community organizations are joining the Early Years Initiative. The initiative launched in 2023 and is already impacting more than 5,000 kids and families.
'This is a first-of-its-kind initiative that allowed us to launch a competitive grant opportunity for communities all across Indiana to give us ideas of projects and programs that are intended to help infants through three years old learn and develop at a rate that will ensure that they will thrive long term,' Maureen Weber, President and CEO of Early Learning Indiana, said.Early Learning Indiana is a nonprofit organization focused on making sure kids have the skills they need to thrive in kindergarten and beyond. The organization operates a dozen early learning centers and works with providers across the state to improve their practice.'One of the components of the Early Years Initiative was for communities to address what we know is an urgent need for infant and toddler child care all across the state,' Weber said.Across the state, Early Learning Indiana estimates we have about 60% of the supply of childcare seats that we need.Through two rounds of grant funding, more than 150 organizations have now been awarded grants and joined the Early Years Initiative.There were four strategies proposed that Early Learning Indiana hoped organizations would follow in order to expand access to high-quality childcare.Parenting Preparation and SupportChild Care Access and EffectivenessEarly Detection and Intervention for kids with developmental needs or disabilitiesEarly Language and LiteracyNew Beginnings in Haughville is now part of the Early Learning Initiative after being awarded a $500,000 grant.'We will be offering a Parenting Academy. It's for parents and family members that have children enrolled at New Beginnings and it's also for the community as well,' Evelyn Evans, Director of New Beginnings, sai
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