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Caregiving
Women are often responsible for their children as well as caring for aging parents or other adult relatives.
Women's Fund provides grants to organizations providing and supporting high-quality child and adult care. To date, we have awarded $862,910 to address caregiving challenges in central Indiana.
By the Numbers
In Marion County, there are only 28 licensed childcare spots for every 100 children under the age of five whose caregivers work outside the home. Over eight years, the number of licensed childcare spaces per 100 children has remained about the same in some counties and decreased in others.
(source: Still on Shaky Ground 2011)
In 2010/11, an Indiana family of three could make no more than $23,256, or $11.18 per hour, for a single adult and two children, to be eligible for subsidized childcare.
(source: Still on Shaky Ground 2011)
In 2009, 75% of central Indiana women ages 20 to 64 who had children wre int he labor force, and many needed affordable, quality childcare.
(source: Still on Shaky Ground 2011)
More than 66,000 Indiana grandparents were living with and responsible for their grandchildren in 2009; up 18,000 since 2000.
(source: Still on Shaky Ground 2011)
Stories of Success
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Business Ownership Initiative - 2006 Amount awarded |
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Supporting programs to train low-income women as self-employed caregivers in the areas of childcare and home care for the disabled and elderly. Many women have started in-home and community-based centers, creating new employment, serving families in many neighborhoods, and leading to neighborhood stability.
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Health and Hospital Corporation: Future Promises Program - 2008 Amount awarded |
For evaluation of this high school-based program for pregnant and parenting teens, which is being expanded to more schools. This program currently provides a full-time staff person at several high schools. Staff work with teens in a case management model by visiting them at the hospital, taking them to appointments, and providing other support so they can graduate from high school. The program serves about 140 pregnant and parenting teens annually, almost all girls.
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Indiana Women's Prison - 2006 Amount awarded |
To create a Family Outreach Coordinator position within the Family Preservation Program. This staff member focuses on increasing the type and quality of services offered by the program to the individuals and families providing care to the children of incarcerated women.
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Girls Incorporated
of Greater Indianapolis
"While monetary support is always critical to any organization's success, we have been particularly appreciative of the thoughtfulness behind Women's Fund's support of Girls Inc. Jennifer and her staff ask timely questions to help them determine how support from Women's Fund might be best positioned at any given time. Sometimes their conversations lead them to direct their funding towards core operating support, or sustainable capacity building efforts so that we may become better positioned to serve girls in greater Indianapolis. We value this unique relationship with Women's Fund and are grateful for its strategic support of our mission to inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold!"
Patricia Wachtel
President and CEO
