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The day a state slices $225 million from childcare and 45 centers go dark, the ripple doesn’t stop at the classroom door—it hits every shift, every meeting, every bottom line. We dig into why asking local businesses to “chip in” can’t replace public responsibility, and we map out what real fixes look like: permanent funding that doesn’t vanish after a grant cycle, practitioner voices at the decision table, and pay that matches the professional weight of early education.

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Chapters

1. Welcome & Purpose (00:00:00)

2. Follow, Share, and Website (00:00:15)

3. Indiana Childcare Cuts Story (00:00:37)

4. Media Framing & Reaction (00:02:15)

5. Why Cuts Break the Workforce (00:02:42)

6. Real Fixes: Treat Care as Infrastructure (00:05:02)

7. Permanent Funding, Not Band-Aids (00:06:20)

8. Put Practitioners at the Table (00:07:20)

9. System on Fire, Not Struggling (00:08:16)

10. Ad Break: Best Practices Book (00:09:40)

11. Asking for a Friend: Toxic Center (00:09:56)

12. Safety & Ratio: Report It Right (00:12:05)

13. Multipurpose Room Pill Incident (00:14:30)

14. Policy vs. Practice in Shared Spaces (00:16:50)

15. Pay Talk, NLRA, and Retaliation (00:19:02)

16. Transfers, Negotiation, and Reality (00:21:05)

17. Ad Break: Directors Guide (00:23:06)

18. Interview Corner: Red Flags (00:23:34)

19. Policy Time: Credential Requirements (00:25:20)

20. Final Takeaways & Closing CTA (00:28:00)

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