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12 Regional Groups to be Awarded $1.2 Million for New Statewide Career Apprenticeship Initiative

Courtney Kerr2025-10-31T14:35:43-04:00October 31, 2025|

Student recruitment for INCAP to begin in early 2026 Twelve regional organizations have been selected to serve as liaisons for student and school participation in the Indiana Career Apprenticeship Pathway (INCAP), a new pathway to prepare Hoosiers for in-demand careers and help Indiana businesses find and train employees. These organizations will use funding to develop detailed plans for implementing INCAP in their assigned regions. Their role as an INCAP Connector will include recruiting high school students for INCAP apprenticeships, supporting student and school success, and interacting with Industry Talent Associations in six industries that have significant workforce needs: advanced manufacturing and logistics, banking, construction, healthcare, IT, and life sciences. Once their plans are finalized and approved early next year, each organization will receive additional funding to implement their plans. In all, the organizations should receive $100,000 each, for a [...]

Ascend Indiana Adds Three New Members to its Board of Directors

Courtney Kerr2025-09-09T13:37:59-04:00September 9, 2025|

Ascend Indiana, the talent and workforce development initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP), announced today three new members to its Board of Directors. The new board members include Mike Schroyer, president of Baptist Health Floyd and Tony Waterson, president and CEO of Southern Indiana Works. Jason Bearce, vice president of the Strada Education Foundation, also joins as an ex officio member. “We are fortunate to have Jason, Mike and Tony join the Ascend board, which continues to expand in both geographic reach and thought leadership,” said Brad Rhorer, president and CEO of Ascend Indiana. “These three new members bring expertise in the areas of workforce development, community development and nonprofit excellence, all of which are key ingredients to delivering our mission to ensure all Hoosiers and all employers are equipped to thrive in Indiana’s evolving economy.” Jason [...]

Nearly $13 million awarded for statewide career apprenticeship initiative

Courtney Kerr2025-07-09T09:55:23-04:00July 9, 2025|

FuFunds for Indiana Career Apprenticeship Pathway support regional implementation, Industry Talent Associations, and employer and student engagement The Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation has awarded nearly $13 million in funding to eight Indiana organizations working to develop a new pathway for high school and adult students to learn about and train for in-demand careers and help Indiana businesses find and train employees. The first cohort of high school students will begin apprenticeship programs in the new Indiana Career Apprenticeship Pathway (INCAP) in the fall of 2026. They will split their time between the workplace and the classroom, with at least 50% of their training taking place on the job to help ensure they are gaining in-demand skills and employers are realizing a return on investment. The students will be paid by their employers and work year-round. Programs for adults will be available [...]

Ascend Indiana Announces Founding Members of Workforce Council

Courtney Kerr2025-03-19T21:39:58-04:00March 19, 2025|

Ascend Indiana, the talent and workforce development initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP), announced today the 10 founding members of the Ascend Indiana Workforce Council. Ascend Indiana launched the Workforce Council earlier this year as a membership-based collaborative that serves as the voice of industry to address Indiana’s persistent gap between available jobs and the Hoosiers prepared to fill them. The Council, comprising business leaders and human resources professionals, is charged with elevating market conditions and identifying emerging industry needs, barriers and successes. The following 10 companies, representing a broad spectrum of industry sectors, have appointed a representative to serve as a member of the Workforce Council’s steering committee, which is responsible for guiding the council’s vision, mission and strategy: CFA Staffing Community Health Network Eli Lilly and Company Henriott Group IU Health Parkview Health PNC Bank [...]

Joyce Irwin Named Vice Chair of the Ascend Indiana Board of Directors

Courtney Kerr2025-03-11T14:40:05-04:00February 26, 2025|

Ascend Indiana, the talent and workforce development initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP), announced today that long-time healthcare executive Joyce Irwin has been named vice chair of the Ascend Indiana Board of Directors. Irwin is president and CEO of Community Health Network Foundation and has served as a member of the Ascend Board of Directors since 2016. Irwin joins Ascend Board Chair, Bridget Boyle, global practice lead – executive recruiting and pipelining at Roche Diagnostics, in leading the 32-member board. “We are excited for Joyce to serve as our vice chair and continue to contribute her expertise to our Board of Directors and our organization. Her deep understanding and experience with healthcare are invaluable as we work to fulfill our mission to ensure all Hoosiers and all employers are equipped to thrive in Indiana’s evolving economy,” said [...]

Embracing a Culture of Creativity: Indiana’s Overlooked Economic Engine

Ronnetta Spalding2024-12-02T11:50:17-05:00November 27, 2024|

Economic prosperity is driven by creativity in more ways than many people realize. The most successful communities are those that best leverage their creative talent and embrace art and culture to unlock their economic potential. Doing so requires an understanding of, and support for, the creative economy. The creative economy’s impact is extensive, with major implications for talent development, innovation and entrepreneurship, economic prosperity, and quality of life and place. The last century has seen extraordinary proliferation in brand new creative industries, from television and video games to animation, podcasting, music streaming, and augmented reality. Creative industries are often responsible for the creation of technical innovations. With technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, new creative industries are sure to emerge in the future as well. To outcompete its neighbors, Indiana must deepen its focus on the creative [...]

Ascend Indiana awards $700,000 to four regional sites to pilot youth apprenticeship programs in local communities

Ronnetta Spalding2024-07-11T00:13:54-04:00July 9, 2024|

INDIANAPOLIS – Ascend Indiana, the talent and workforce development initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP), announced today the award of $175,000 each to four sites to launch youth apprenticeship pilots in their local communities. Funding for these pilot programs comes from the generous support of the Walton Family Foundation and is administered by Ascend Indiana through the CICP Foundation. The four sites, located in Southern, East Central and West Central Indiana, serve 29 counties and include: Eastern Indiana Works (Muncie, Ind.) + East Central Education Service Center (New Castle, Ind.), Southern Indiana Education Center (Jasper, Ind.), Southern Indiana Works (New Albany, Ind.), and West Central Indiana Career and Technical Education Center (Crawfordsville, Ind.). These sites are part of the Indiana Youth Apprenticeship Accelerator, which Ascend launched in 2021 to expand work-based learning programs and to develop a [...]

Jason Kloth, Ascend Indiana president and CEO, to step down

Raquel Bahamonde2023-10-24T09:20:16-04:00October 24, 2023|

Jason Kloth, president and CEO, Ascend Indiana INDIANAPOLIS – Ascend Indiana today announced that President and CEO Jason Kloth, will step down on January 1, 2024. Kloth who helped to create the talent and workforce development organization nearly nine years ago, will serve in a consulting capacity after the first of the year to ensure a smooth transition. In addition to consulting for Ascend, CICP, and others, Kloth plans to focus on his family and spending more time with his two young children. Ascend Indiana is an initiative of the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP). “Jason and his talented team have created an organization built on values that have led to impactful work in helping thousands of Hoosiers find jobs, internships and apprenticeships,” said Mark Hill, managing partner of Collina Ventures, and founding chairman of the Ascend Indiana [...]

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