Indiana has issued 3,240 new childcare vouchers to families since April — the state’s first wave of new approvals since it froze voucher enrollment in December 2024 due to a loss of pandemic-era funding. Indiana used more than $1 billion in temporary federal pandemic aid to invest in childcare and expand vouchers under Gov. Mike Braun proposed substantially raising state funding for the vouchers. “We fully understand how important that these vouchers are, both for families, but also for the broader childcare space as well,” Alson said. But compared with when voucher enrollment was frozen at the end of 2024, capacity has grown 3% because spots are available.