Caregiving Options Help Central Indiana Women

Women’s Fund puts philanthropic support to work through strategic investments focused on building and strengthening our community.

Did You Know?

• In central Indiana there are only 24 licensed childcare spots for every 100 children under the age of six whose caregiver works outside the home.
• Half of the families served by Day Nursery Association of Indianapolis are single parents; 95 percent of which are single moms.
• 59,000 Indiana grandparents are raising their grandchildren; up 10,000 from 2006.
• An adult living in Marion County with one school-age child and one infant would need to earn $40,000 a year to be considered self-sufficient.

Since 1999, Women’s Fund has provided more than $832,000 in caregiving-related grants, which make it possible for organizations to provide care and resources to those in need. In 2008, Women’s Fund provided a grant to The Villages to support their Family Connection Network, which supports grandmothers and other kinship caregivers who are raising children. Women’s Fund has supported Day Nursery by providing grants in recent years for the Tuition Assistance program, operating support, and to support the addition of a Chief Operating Officer.

Women’s Fund has made a concerted effort to fund organizations focused on caregiving so women can access affordable childcare, so grandparents can succeed in supporting their grandchildren, so parenting teens can become self-sufficient and men and women who want to start a business for childcare and in-home elderly care can achieve their dreams.

Look for a special article on caregiving in the April edition of the Women's Fund newsletter.