Members of Southeast Indiana United Way recently met with State Representative Randy Lynes.
LR: California State University Director of Public Policy and Advocacy Christina Scott, Advisory Board Member Mike Perlberg, Executive Director Karen Snyder, Congressman Randy Lyness, Advisory Board Member Ron Nicholson, United Way of Greater Cincinnati Advocacy Board Member Jennifer Meininger, intern Anna Timon; Photo provided.
INDIANAPOLIS – Members of the United Way of Southeast Indiana traveled to Indianapolis on January 31st to meet with Congressman Randy Lyness, observe Congress, and others to promote improvements in early childhood education policy and funding. rallied with United Way organizations. The group includes Director Karen Snyder, Action Council Chair Jill Timon, Dearborn County Economic Development Director and Action Council Member Mike Perlberg, Action Council Member Ron Nicholson, United Way Public Policy and Advocacy Director Christina Scott, United Way of Greater Cincinnati Staff Jennifer Meininger, and Abby Beaucier and Political Science Intern Anna Timon.
The group met with Congressman Lynes to update him on the $350,000 early childhood education grant recently awarded by United Way. This will allow the university to partner with local businesses, families and Lawrenceburg Public Schools to offer more child care and preschool facilities at affordable rates. working parents. The group also spoke to Lynes about Senate Bill 2. The bill would help “attract and retain a qualified workforce” and help health care providers “reach their full potential,” among other measures to improve early childhood education in Indiana. The age at which a childcare worker can take care of a child alone at a licensed daycare center will be lowered from 21 to 18 to alleviate the shortage of human resources. The bill would also “expand access to child care services in hard-to-reach areas,” including Dearborn County, Franklin County, Ohio, and Ripley County.
Representatives from the University of Wisconsin also told Lynes that the future for Alice or Asset Limited, income limits, employed families, and those who have jobs but are still struggling to pay their bills, feed their families, and thrive. encouraged them to advance their legislative support. Southeastern Indiana is home to many ALICE families.
“Our point is to stay in communication with our legislators and to be on the same team to help Hoosiers succeed,” said Jill Timon, chair of the UC Action Council, about the annual trek to the state capitol. It's just one way of reminding them.” “It's important for us to know how the political system works and to see it in action,” said Dearborn County Economic Development Director Mike Perlberg. “So we can know how to help those in need in our state,” he added.
United Way of Southeastern Indiana is Indiana's largest non-governmental, nonprofit social service agency, providing critical funding and support to Heart House, Safe Passage, Clearinghouse, YES Home, and other agencies . For more information, please visit www.uwgc.org. We might want to reduce this – make it more general, I don't think we are the biggest and we don't fund the center house – perhaps here we simply Just say, If you would like to learn more about United Way of Southeast Indiana, please visit www.uwgc.org or call our local office at 488 Ludlow Street in Greendale at 812 537 2009 .
