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Building a More Connected Workforce Ecosystem for Indiana

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Ascend turns workforce insights into coordinated action, helping partners align efforts, reduce fragmentation, and build stronger talent pathways.

What We Do

How We Help Move Indiana Forward

Explore the work Ascend is advancing across Indiana's workforce ecosystem.

Data & Insights

Research, analysis, forecasting, shared workforce data, statewide reports

Work-Based Learning

Policy-to-practice tools, implementation guidance, diploma redesign support

Intermediary Support

ILN, coordination, technical assistance, shared infrastructure

Talent Pathways

Ascend Network, student-led business support, pathway visibility

60,000+

Jobs expanded on the Ascend Network daily, up from 2,000

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Our Results

Impact in Action

See how Ascend helps reduce fragmentation, strengthen alignment, and equip Indiana's workforce ecosystem with the insight and tools to move forward.

Reducing fragmentation across the ecosystem
Go-to source for evidence-based insights
Data-driven talent pathways statewide

75+

Employers Engaged

Through Workforce Council strategy and pathway conversations

28

Intermediary Organizations

Identified and convened through statewide intermediary strategy

67

School & Partner Engagements

Helping inform K-12 and work-based learning support

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Real Impact

Stories Across the Ecosystem

See how Ascend's work translates into real outcomes for partners, students, and communities across Indiana.

Workplace Simulation

Bend Manufacturing

Bend Manufacturing pushes the boundaries of what a student-led business can be. Students aren't just learning advanced manufacturing — they're applying it alongside industry and research partners, delivering work that reaches as far as NASA.

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School-Based Enterprise

Creek Cattle Company

At Indian Creek High School, Creek Cattle Company shows what's possible when students take the lead. From managing a full-scale cattle operation to supplying their own cafeteria, students are building real skills and delivering real results.

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Ways to Engage

Explore Workforce Insights

Access research, analysis, and data tools that help partners better understand workforce demand, talent trends, and future opportunities.

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Access WBL Resources

Find practical tools and guidance that help schools, intermediaries, and partners turn policy into practice and support high-quality work-based learning statewide.

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Learn About Intermediary Support

Discover how Ascend is helping strengthen statewide coordination, shared infrastructure, and regional capacity through intermediary support.

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Connect With Ascend

Learn more about Ascend's role in Indiana's workforce ecosystem and where its work intersects with your goals.

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Central Intermediaries

Aspire Johnson County

Supports work-based learning by linking schools and more than 165 local employers to create hands-on opportunities that help students explore and pursue regional career pathways.
Counties Served: Johnson, Marion
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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East Central Educational Service Center (ECESC)

Provides regional coordination, tools, and training to help schools implement consistent and high-quality work-based learning programs.
Counties Served: Bartholomew, Decatur, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Hancock, Henry, Johnson, Madison, Randolph, Rush, Shelby, Union, Wayne
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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Eastern Indiana Works (EIW)

Engages employers, offers workforce insights, and partners with schools to expand student access to work-based learning experiences.
Counties Served: Blackford, Delaware, Fayette, Henry, Jay, Randolph, Rush, Union, Wayne
Supporting: Employers
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EmployIndy

Located in Indianapolis, EmployIndy develops career-connected learning systems in Marion County by coordinating employer engagement, work-based learning programming, and youth career pathways.
Counties Served: Marion
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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Greater Muncie Chamber of Commerce

Serves as a bridge between businesses and schools to promote internships, employer partnerships, and hands-on learning opportunities.
Counties Served: Delaware
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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Hendricks College Network (HCN)

Connects schools, employers, and community partners—facilitating ongoing collaborations, coordinating a range of employer involvement opportunities, and providing support to help schools track and manage work-based learning experiences.
Counties Served: Hendricks
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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Invest Hamilton County

Works with employers and schools to connect schools and students to employers offering high-quality work-based learning experiences.
Counties Served: Hamilton
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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Wayne County Area Chamber of Commerce

Leads countywide coordination of work-based learning by unifying schools, employers, and partners to streamline student placements and employer onboarding.
Counties Served: Wayne
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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Southern Intermediaries

E-REP (Evansville Regional Economic Partnership)

Counties Served: Gibson, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce

Connects local employers with schools to encourage internships, career exploration, and collaborative work-based learning initiatives.
Counties Served: Monroe
Supporting: Employers
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Hub 19

Connects high school students and schools with local employers through career exploration, internships, and hands-on work-based learning experiences.
Counties Served: Dubois
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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Regional Opportunity Initiatives (ROI)

Located in Bloomington, ROI helps schools and employers throughout their region understand evolving requirements, building partner capacity, fostering regional connections, and coordinating programs that offer students meaningful career-aligned experiences.
Counties Served: Brown, Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Orange, Owen, Washington
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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Southern Indiana Education Center (SIEC)

Supports educators through training, resources, and collaboration structures that help schools and employers organize work-based learning.
Counties Served: Clay, Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Greene, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Orange, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Sullivan, Vanderburgh, Warrick
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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Southern Indiana Works (SIW, Workforce Region 10)

Engages employers and develops talent initiatives that connect students to meaningful work experiences aligned with regional workforce needs.
Counties Served: Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Scott, Washington
Supporting: Employers
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Southwest Indiana Workforce Board (SWIN)

Partners with businesses and schools to expand student access to industry-aligned work-based learning programs.
Counties Served: Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick
Supporting: Employers
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Northern Intermediaries

Center of Workforce Innovations (CWI)

Coordinates employer relationships, talent programs, and school partnerships to strengthen work-based learning throughout Northwest Indiana.
Counties Served: Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Pulaski, Starke
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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Grow Allen

Supports work-based learning by coordinating student internships and work-based tours, connecting schools with local businesses, and partnering with community organizations to expand training pathways while collaboratively helping partners strengthen their work-based learning efforts.
Counties Served: Allen
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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Horizon Education Alliance (HEA)

Partners with schools and employers to provide high school students with career exploration and hands-on work-based learning opportunities.
Counties Served: Elkhart
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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Northeast Indiana Workforce Board (NEINW)

Supports regional talent pipelines by linking businesses with schools and promoting work-based learning as part of workforce development.
Counties Served: Adams, Allen, Grant, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wabash, Wells, Whitley
Supporting: Employers
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Region 8 Education Service Center of Northeast Indiana (R8ESC)

Provides training, coordination, data support, and shared tools to help schools implement and scale consistent work-based learning practices across the region.
Counties Served: Adams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Grant, Huntington, Jay, Kosciusko, Madison, Miami, Noble, Steuben, Wabash, Wells, Whitley
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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South Bend Regional Chamber

Coordinates employer partnerships, student programming, and large-scale work-based learning initiatives to connect youth with regional career pathways.
Counties Served: St. Joseph
Supporting: Employers, Schools
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